14 SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS VOL. 9I 



STATION 51. Lat. i9°io'5o" N. Long. 69''2o'i5" W. February 16, 1933 



Lat. i9°io'35" N. Long. 69°2o'45" W. 



Samana Bay, Dominican Republic 



At the start at lo: 55 a.m., Punta Gordo bore 59° and Cape Corozos 

 278°. At the finish at 1 1 : 05, Punta Gordo bore 60° and Cape Corozos 

 285°. A 6-foot beam trawl was used in 6 to 14 fathoms. 



Although this was a short haul, owing to the rough bottom, we 

 carried away the tail of our net, but the haul yielded many hydroids, 

 a bunch of gorgonians, and many mollusks. 



STATION 52. Lat. i9°io'25" N. Long. 69°2o'55" W. February 16, 1933 



Lat. i9°io'o5" N. Long. 69°2i'25" W. 



Samana Bay, Dominican Republic 



A 6-foot beam trawl was lowered at 1 1 : 27 a.m., when Cape Al- 

 catraz bore 93° and Cape Corozos 288°. When the net was surfaced 

 at II : 42, Cape Alcatraz bore 89° and Cape Corozos 292°. The haul 

 was made in 14 to 22 fathoms. 



The net again came up torn but nevertheless contained the following- 

 material : A huge filmy hydrozoan of a rose-red color, some slender 

 gorgonians and lesser individuals, masses of sponges, bryozoa, foram- 

 inifera, several fragments of stalked crinoids, a huge slab of a 

 thin coral, probably an Agoricia that I have not seen before, many 

 small brachiopods, crustaceans and mollusks. 



STATION 53. Lat. ig'io'os" N. Long. 69°2i'25" W. February 16, 1933 



Lat. i9°09'5o" N. Long. 69°2i'4o" W. 



Samana Bay, Dominican Republic 



When the 6-foot beam trawl was put overboard at 11:49 P-iii-j 

 Cape Alcatraz bore 89° and Cape Corozos 292°. When it was 

 surfaced at i : 00 p.m., Cape Alcatraz bore 86° and Cape Corozos 

 307°. The haul was made in 20 fathoms. 



The dredge came up in tatters, with little material in it. A few 

 mollusks and solitary corals constituted the catch. 



STATION 54. Lat. i9°ro'o5" N. Long. 69°26'io" W. February 16, 1933 



Lat. 19° 10' 10" N. Long. 69°26'45" W. 



Samana Bay, Dominican Republic 



When the 3-foot dredge was put overboard at 12:41 p.m.. Buoy 

 No. 8 bore 82° and Cape Corozos 61°. When it was surfaced at 



