THE ANNALS 
AND 
MAGAZINE OF NATURAL HISTORY. 
[SIXTH SERIES. ] 
No. 24. DECEMBER 1889. 
LVI.—Report of a Deep-sea Trawling Cruise off the S.W. 
Coast of Ireland, under the Direction of Rev. W. Spors- 
woop GREEN, M.A., F.R.G.S. 
[Plates X VIII. & XIX.) 
Summary of the Cruise. By Rev. W. 8S. GREEN. 
Havina for many years been deeply interested in the 
marine fauna of our southern and western coasts, it was with 
much pleasure that, at the suggestion of Dr. Giinther, I this 
summer undertook a brief trawling cruise for the purpose of 
procuring specimens for the British Museum. 
Experience gained in three previous cruises to the deep 
water under the auspices of the Royal Irish Academy, in two 
of which I was associated with Prof. A. C. Haddon, whose 
company now and last year I missed sadly, and many years 
of trawling on the coast, enabled me to calculate fairly on 
what we were likely to get ; so I at once entered into negoti- 
ations with the Clyde Shipping Company, and chartered 
their steamer the ‘Flying Fox’ for a week’s trip, her 
skipper, Captain Tobin, and his crew being the same I had 
worked with on former occasions. 
Arriving at Queenstown on Friday the 28th of June, I set 
to work next day fitting the deep-sea gear into the ‘ Flying 
Fox.’ For this purpose we brought her alongside the 
Royal Victoria Docks Passage West, where a crane was 
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