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Spiders (seven species, among them two new ones) appeared early 

 in the summer, and were everywhere seen, amid the close, low 

 vegetation. 



In the sea swarmed countless numbers of lower animals. The 

 specimens of these are not yet determined, and even were further 

 particulars given, they would be only a dull string of names. On 

 the other hand, some further mention of the dredging, by means of 

 which the animals were caught, may be not out of place. 



While wintering in Rice Strait, dredging was usually carried on in 

 the harbour itself, where the outcome was always very much the same, 

 as the bottom consisted chiefly of clay. A good deal of dredging, how- 

 ever, was done in Havnefjord in the spring of 1900. The fjord, which 

 was about one hundred and fifty metres, or eighty-two fathoms, in depth, 

 contained at its outer part, where the water was shallower, rich and 

 varied animal life, whereas the deeper water at the inner part was much 

 less prolific. 



In the summers of 1901 and 1902 we dredged in the western part 

 of Jones Sound with particularly good results. In the former year 

 Hell Gate was especially worked over, but the violent current there 

 made dredging very difficult. The best yield was at the northern outlet 

 of the sound. In the summer of 1902 we dredged along the north 

 coast of North Devon, from Cape Vera to Djaweloen. During the 

 latter part of the boat journey, which we made for the purpose of 

 dredging, all work was rendered impossible by the close drift-ice. 



