12 I. IJIMA : HEXACTINELLIDA. I. 



As in the case of the lines that center at Togeyama, so also 

 in the present series the fishermen are wont to distinguish by 

 name a greater number of lines than I have given. For instance, 

 they speak of ' 3[era handai-kobu,^ by which is meant the positions 

 whence as much of the Mera headland as in shape resembles the 

 hump-like protuberance (Jap.: kohu) on the snout of a Labrid 

 fish, Chrerops jaj)oniciis (Jap.: Kandai), is seen to project beyond 

 Sunosaki ; of ' Mera y,,' when only one half of the first hill of 

 Mera is visible in a similar way ; of ' Mera V/-^,' ' Mera 2^/2,' 

 etc. 



Referring to the blue lines on PI. XIV, it will now be clear 

 what points on the Sagami Sea are meant by such expressions 

 as, ' Kotd-Une and 3Iera jud out,' ' Kozuka-line by Mera 1,' 

 ' Yahagi-line by Mochiyama,' ' Outside Okinose ' by Iivado-line,' 

 &c. 



There still remain to be mentioned a few more names of 

 localities where the Misaki fishermen do most of their deep-sea 

 fishing (chiefly for Bathylhrissa dorsalis) and which have yielded 

 us rich supplies of zoological specimens. 



By the name of Yodomi (meaning ' the stagnant water ') 

 is known the region of 400-500 fathom-lines, 11-18 kilometers 

 westward of Misaki. It is divided into Nishi-uo-Yodomi, Naka- 

 uo-Yodomi and Maye-no-Yodomi. 



Nishi-no- Yodomi, or the ' Western Yodomi,' is on the 

 Koto-line, the other bearings being Tomisan -e- Moroiso and 

 Enoshima NNE. 



Naka-no- Yodomi, or the ' Middle Yodomi,' lies on the 

 Kozuka-line by nearly Jilera 7^.' 



Maye-no-Yodomi or the 'Front Yodomi,' so called on ac- 

 count of its being the nearest Yodomi to Misaki, is situated on 



