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platy acanthus), 5 species of crustaceans, 25 ascidians, many Xaxta, 4 Am phi 

 trite, several Ophiurans, worms and numerous sea urchins 

 •padfica). 



At fi\e P. M. we landed on San Roque Island where collecting was 

 carried on until dark. The island has rookeries of gulls, cormorants and 

 pelicans. A few ospreys were seen about their nests. The soil of the island 

 appears to contain considerable guano and the soft ground is riddled with 

 the burrows of petrels and anklets. Steaming slowly during the night the 

 'Albatross' arrived at Abreojos Point, Ballenas Bay, on the morning of the 

 16th. The desert vegetation was sparse, dried up and much of it appeared 

 dead although merely dormant. The locality was the most barren desert 

 we had yet seen and there were no signs of fresh water. The seine hauls 



Fig. 12. Pattern of lobster pot used at San Bartolome Bay. 



yielded about half a barrel of large kingfish, as many young kingfish, a few 

 flounders, smelts and anchovies. The beach was lined with rows of clam 

 and other shells. Gulls and cormorants were abundant and a few sea lions 

 were seen about the Point. 



Sailing in the evening, we dredged the following morning in 645 fathoms 

 (Sta. 5676), obtaining fishes and a good variety of invertebrates. The mod- 

 eler made wax and plaster casts of all the species of fishes obtained. Contents 

 of the dredge : Fishes — 5 Malthopsis, 1 Venefica, 1 Halosaurus, 1 Porogadus, 

 1 Raia badia, 3 Macrurus. Invertebrates — 26 hermit crabs, 12 holothu- 

 rians, 14 red crustaceans, 2 Polychelcs, 3 Pennatula, 3 medusas, 1 squid, 1 

 salpa, 1 starfish (Pscudarchaster pectinifer), 4 worms, a few small mollusca. 



