4 SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS VOL. 9I 



STATION 9. Lat. i8°3i'3o" N. Long. 65°55'3o" W. February i, 1933 



Lat. i8°3o'2o" N. Long. 65°S7'oo" W. 



At the start Punta Vacia Talega bore i68°, Punta Morro 255°. 

 At the close of the haul Morro Castle Light bore 254° and Punta 

 Maldonado 205°. A 9-foot beam trawl was lowered at 3:25 p.m. 

 and hauled in at 4:00 p.m., the depth ranging from 240 to 280 

 fathoms. 



Although no snagging was noticed on the accumulator, the net, 

 when brought aboard, was completely ripped apart. The fragments 

 of webbing contained a few brittlestars, some worm tubes, a beautiful 

 hydroid, and a few moUusks. 



STATION 10. Lat. i8°29'2o" N. Long. 66°05'3o" W. February 2, 1933 



Lat. i8°30'24" N. Long. 66°04'i5" W. 



At the start, at 9: 55 a.m., Morro Castle Light bore 242° and the 

 west point of Cabras Island 255°. When we hauled in at 10: 35 a.m. 

 Morro Castle Light bore 259°, Cabras Island 264°. The depth varied 

 from 120 to 160 fathoms. For this haul we used a 9-foot tangle in 

 about 100 fathoms of water, the tangle consisting of 16 loops, 6 feet 

 long, of 2-inch frayed hawser. 



The catch was eminently successful, yielding many mollusks, brittle- 

 stars, a sea urchin, sand dollars, a crinoid arm, holothurians, many 

 crustaceans, hydroids, corallines, sponges, and many algae. 



STATION 11. Lat. i8°32'i5" N. Long. 66°04'io" W. February 2. 1933 



Lat. i8°32'so" N. Long. 66°oi'oo" W. 



At the start Morro Castle Light bore 220° and Cabras Island 228°. 

 At the close of the haul Morro Castle Light bore 234° and Punta 

 Cangrejos 167°. A modified young-fish trawl was put overboard at 

 11:15 ^-"i- in 200 fathoms of water and was hauled in at 12 : 10 p.m. 



This haul yielded many small fish, two small cephalopods, a few 

 pelagic mollusks, and many crustaceans. 



STATION 12. Lat. i8°3i'oo" N. Long. 66°oo'i5" W. February 2, 1933 



Lat. i8°3o'3o" N. Long. 66°oi'45" W. 



At the start, 12: 30 p.m., Morro Castle Light bore 249° and Punta 

 Maldonado 158°. When the trawl was taken in at i : 30 p.m. Morro 

 Castle Light bore 245° and Salinas Island 256°. A 9-foot beam trawl 

 was used in 200-300 fathoms. 



This haul yielded many mollusks, crustaceans, some holothurians, 

 brittlestars, a glass sponge, three small corals, and a lot of blue mud. 



