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depth too great so late in the day, we retraced our steps and 
shot the Agassiz trawl in about 500 fath. When it was 
hauled at 9 p.M. the trawl was found to have fouled, and the 
rope was badly kinked and tangled. 
This closed a very hard day’s work, and a blank haul at 
the end was disheartening. In former years I had paid out 
our trawl warp over the stern. ‘his year I tried the experi- 
ment of dragging the trawl from the bow. In smooth water 
the plan answered admirably, but in the rough water ex- 
perienced this day I found that the steamer would not steer 
going astern, but having a tendency to round to the wind, 
made it most difficult to pay out the warp without kinks. 
Before the trawl was clear dark night had closed in. 
July 4.—Kept as closely as possible to our position during 
the night. Longitude 11° 36' W., Lat. at noon 51° 24’ N. 
Station VI. 
Sounded at 5.15 A.M. in 350 fath.; shot Agassiz trawl. 
Once or twice I noticed an undue strain on the rope, 
and when the trawl came to the surface at 9, it was found to 
be all torn to pieces, the irons bent, pulled asunder, and 
polished like silver. We had evidently fouled rocks. 
Station VII. 
Having steamed a few miles 8.W., we shot the beam 
trawl at 10 A.M. in about 500 fath. 
Boarded trawl at 1.305; it contained one large boulder 
weighing about 100 lbs., and several smaller ones, subangular 
and resembling those of the Boulder Clay. In animal life the 
haul was rather poor, but there were some interesting corals, 
worm-tubes, and Echinoderms. Most of the creatures were 
crushed by the boulders. 
Since leaving Queenstown on Monday, most of us had had 
little or no sleep, so we now steamed off for land, sighting 
the Skelligs about sunset. We came across a dead and 
half-decomposed cetacean about 30 feet long floating on the 
surface of the sea. It was surrounded by a host of blue 
sharks, which were tearing it to pieces. We succeeded in 
shooting two, one of which we captured, and then proceeding 
on our way, let go anchor in Balinskelligs Bay at 10 P.M. 
Station VIII. 
Friday, July 5.—Left Balinskelligs Bay at 5 a.m., and 
at noon shot trawl in 100 fath., 37 miles west of Bull Rock ; 
