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did we escape without a gale. In 1886, after having our 
decks swept by the sea, we ran for Valentia, but owing to 
torrents of rain driven before a fierce south-wester, obscuring 
all view, we failed to make the lights, and spent a bad night, 
steaming into the gale till daybreak, off Dingle Bay. In 
1888 we were caught in the centre of a cyclone, which veered 
from 8. to N.W., and raised such a sea that one of our 
paddle-boxes was demolished, and we had to run 75 miles 
for Beerhaven. This year we had fine weather; the ocean 
was almost perfectly level, except on one day, when the wind 
freshened from the eastward and raised a short lumpy sea. 
My party joined me on board the ‘ Flying Fox’ at Queens- 
town on the morning of Monday, July 1, but owing to some 
delays in completing fittings, it was just noon when we put 
to sea. On reaching the Fastnet we laid our course by 
compass W. by 8., and, giving orders to have Mr. Poole and 
myself called about daybreak, we retired early to rest. 
STATION IE. 
At 3.30 A.m., July 2nd, we came on deck, and on hauling 
the log found that we had run about 71 miles. We sounded 
at once, and found bottom at 315 fath. As soon as the lead 
was up, we shot the 20-foot-beam trawl, and veered to it 
about 600 fath. of rope. We dragged it slowly till 8.30, and 
then began to haul back. At 9.30. boarded trawl. 
The haul was a fairly good one, and contained numerous 
specimens of Actinie, Actinanga Richardi being of most 
frequent occurrence. Of Echinoderms there was a large 
assortment, Doroeidaris papillata, Pontaster tenuispinis, 
Holothuria tremula, Ophiothriz sp. ? being characteristic. 
Hermit-crabs in various species of Fusus and Buecinum, 
and, besides animals belonging to many groups which will be 
duly dealt with in other portions of the report, we had a good 
take of fish. 
While the trawl was being cleared we steamed on our 
course W. by 8. 
SraTIon II. 
At 11.30 a.m. the engines were stopped, and a sounding 
gave a depth of 920 fath. Reeling up of the wire, though 
done by steam, took a long time, and then wishing to get 
outside the 1000-fath. line, we steamed on our course till 
1 p.M., then shot the 9-foot Agassiz trawl, and veered to it 
1450 fath. of rope. At 4.10 we commenced hauling up, and 
the trawl came on board at 7.10. 
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