182 Till- DEPTHS OF THE SEA. [.hap. iv. 



Malmguen, both of them Arctic species. The 10th 

 was Sunday, and the vessel lay-to, and on the 11th 

 they dredged, still on the slope of the channel plateau, 

 with nearly the same result as before, the fauna 

 maintaining' the same character. 



Mr. Gwyn Jeffreys was now anxious to get a haul 

 or two in the very deep water off the mouth of the 

 Bay of Biscay, which we had explored successfully 

 in 1809. They therefore steamed southwards, going 

 a considerable distance without dredging, as they 

 were afraid of coming in contact with the cable 

 between Brest and North America. When they got 

 to their ground unfortunately bad weather set in. 

 and they were obliged to make for Vigo. On Thurs- 

 day, July 14th, they passed Cape Finisterre, and 

 dredged in 81 fathoms about 9 miles from the 

 Spanish coast. Along with a number of familiar 

 forms, some of them with a wide northern exten- 

 sion, they here took on the tangles two specimens, 

 one young and one apparently mature, both con- 

 siderably injured, of the singular Echinidean already 

 mentioned, Calveria fenestrata. This is evidently 

 not a rare form nor is it confined to very deep water; 

 it is rather remarkable that it should have escaped 

 notice so long. On the 15th, they sounded in from 

 100 to 200 fathoms, about 10 miles from Vigo, and 

 on the lGth took one or two hauls in Vigo Buy at 

 a depth of 20 fathoms. This locality had already 

 been well-nigh exhausted by Mr. McAndrew in 184-9, 

 and only a few additions were made to his list. 



They left Vigo on the 18th. I quote from Mr. 

 Gwyn Jeffreys : — 



" Wednesday, July 20///. — Dredged all day with 



