12 SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS VOL, 9I 



STATION 43. Lat. i8°02'oo" N. Long. 67°Si'i5" W. February 11, 1933 



Lat. i8°03'45" N. Long. 67°48'io" W. 



When the tangle was put overboard at i : 00 p.m., Mona Light 

 bore 8° and Punta Caigo 6 no Caigo 297°. The depth varied from 

 240 to 300 fathoms. 



The haul yielded two species of stalked crinoids ; a lot of comatulid 

 crinoids ; a mass of echinoids ; brittlestars, including a few astro- 

 phytons ; corallines ; hydroids ; sponges ; and a few mollusks. 



STATION 44. Lat. 18° 11 '00" N. Long. 67°32'45" W. February 11, 1933 



Lat. i8°ii'2o" N. Long. 67°3i'o5" W. 



When the 6-foot beam trawl was lowered at 4 : 00 p.m., the west 

 point of Desecheo Island bore 40° and the north cape of Mona 

 Island 258°. When the haul was completed, the east point of Monito 

 Island bore 275° and the west point of Mona Island 205°. The depth 

 was 120 fathoms. 



The trawl was lost when almost surfaced. 



February 12, 1933 



We devoted the greater part of the day to sounding out a 5 -mile 

 square in Mona Channel in the hope that the information thus gained 

 of the bottom topography might aid us in our dredging operations. 

 The inset on our chart shows the location and details of this effort. 



STATION 45. Lat. i8°i3'io" N. Long. 67°25'3o" W. February 13, 1933 



Lat. i8°i4'3o" N. Long. 67°25'3o" W. 



When the tangle was lowered at 11:00 a.m., Jiguero Light bore 

 44° and the east end of Desecheo Island 345°. At the completion of 

 the haul at 11: 48, Jiguero Light bore 50° and the east end of 

 Desecheo Island 342°. This haul was made in 20 to 40 fathoms. 



It yielded a lot of shallow-water forms, covering almost the entire 

 marine flora and fauna of the region. 



STATION 46. Lat. i8°i4'4o" N. Long. 67°25'2o" W. February 13, 1933 



Lat. i8°i7'20" N. Long. 67°25'oo" W. 



The tangle was put over at 12:40 p.m., when Jiguero Light bore 

 62° and the east end of Desecheo Island 330°. At the completion 

 of the haul at i : 40, Jiguero Light bore 60° and the east end of 

 Desecheo Island 331 °. This haul was made in 30 to 289 fathoms. 



This haul cost the loss of our tangle. 



