' ..II M.\M> I" \l'l. I \\\ i*> 77 



The fi". .It nil IK -t wa- ..ill catch nil. 



.!//>// _'-' KB 10 K A l.ir.i- -,-en t.. .lay. im-t\ -. -,.ty 



all>a! /' '</>/,ri/. an. I wanderim; alUim*,-.. a tVw \Yil-.m- |M-tn-|s 



ami liuht liK'wm-li i;rcy petrel- \\.-n- -een. 



Tin- M"ii.i._;a-.|iie tiawl wa- l.> \\.-i.-.l down in _''.. tatlnun-. Itottmn led i-lav. :;-nn 

 fathom- "I wire M'|K- paid out : d\ mnin.iiietei re^i-t.-ied a -train up t<i ."i J ton-. When 

 hauled ii|. a hi hole wa- t'oiiml in tin- cod-end. >< tliut tin- catch was nil X.M.I.I.JI, allv ; 

 a little mini (n-'l <-la\ I \\.-t- t'.ninil mi tin- tm\vl itself. 



.//./// _".//. :{'.i I- S -2 33' K. More hinls admit to-day than ye.stenlay ; wmtieM 

 \\. !< scarce U)-day while Diimiwlett melnnojfh ryx ami Dionuvlea i-xnlniut were pU-ntitiil. 

 e.sjKi-ially the latter. Very few "No. 9 Cough Island" petrels, 1 many "No. 14,"* and 

 three or four Mark " No. 12" petrels,' one of which I shot, a few Wilson's petrels of 

 iM.th kinds and some blue jx-trels or whale birds. Shot three Diumeifat t-xiilnn*, one 

 Diomactaa i ///. >j,f, ,-;/., ami DIM- Mark |M-tid. which i- lii^^t-i than the one we saw on 

 the _'_' ml in-t. at (Joii^li I-laml. 



Trawled tn day \\itli Muimi;a-.|iie trawl in L'tU.") fathom- in the -aim- |Mi-ition a- 

 ittcmpt. iMittorn red clay; 4000 fathoms of wire were paid out, dyno- 

 immicter re^i-terin^ a -train up to 4i tons. A small hut representative catch was secured, 

 of which the following is a rough list : several small fishes of one species, one cepha- 

 lopod, one lamellihranch and another broken mollusc, five species of crustaceans, one 

 or two mcdusoids, three species of ophiumids, three species of holothurians. one flat sea- 

 urchin, one sipunculid. and some examples of Sagitta and ctenophores, proluthly fnun 

 the -nrt. 



< hie whale's car Ixuie with -ome living animals attached to it was also found in 

 the trawl. 



Afi-il :tu//i. :t:i _'?' S. 5 50' K. A tew -i N ity al bat roses, some with a whitish ring 

 round their in-eks. and evidently yomiv. many /h'onwli'it <:cnlnn*, a few Di<nnl--t 

 i,i,l<i,.i>iiliri/x. N'n. ! ami " No. 14 (Joiih l-land ' jn-trels (see April 'JUth), sonu- black 

 jx-trel- like the urn- -Imt yc.-tcrday. -e\.-ral wliale liird- or blue petrels, and \Vil- m - 

 petrel- were -ecu. Some external para-ite- w.-n- tmind mi the allmtroses shot yesterday. 



Mny \xt, 3!) 'Jo' S. in -Jo' K. Smtie- -till tew. many Dioninlett exultut* and 

 Ditmu'ilen Wtddltoplltrjff, and also the other birds dcscrilicd in ve-tcrdav - l"u. were seen 

 to-day. The black petrel with awhile beak (" No. 12 (iough Island ") wa- ..li-. i 

 to-day. A school of porpoi-e- m "black fi-h ' was -ecu alxmt noon. 



M U(i' S. U :i-J' K. Same kind of birds seen today as yestenlay, 



pnni: No. '.i (J.ni.jli l-land |H-tiel. which wa- not notiecd. 



M-i'l :;//. :5o '.\7' S. !."> n:l' K. Very lew bird- -ecu to-day ex.ept a few "No 14 

 ii l-land" jH-trcl-. M'.. //,./. ."l<i,<*. I) ',i,,..t>l>rif.< and al-oa-iMity 



albatnis. 



4//.. :?4 .i.s' S. 17 mi' K. More bird- -.-en to < lay than ye-tenlay. A few 



1 Priori*** ci*ereui. ' OntrWoto moUu. ' M&ftnu afyuinoetialu. 



