NO. I 1ST JOHNSON EXPEDITION : STATIONS BARTSCH 1 7 



STATION 61. Lat. I9°24'45" N. Long. 69°09'oo" W. February i8, 1933 



An intermediate net was lowered at 1 1 : 05 a.m. in 800 fathoms. 

 No bearings were given at this time. It was surfaced at i : 14 p.m., 

 when Cape Cabron, Dominican Republic, bore 225° and Punta Pes- 

 cadores 255°. The net struck bottom at 12: 15 p.m. and was lost. 



STATION 62. Lat. I9°25'45" N. Long. 69°09'oo" W, February 18, 1933 



Lat. I9°27'45" N. Long. 69°i4'45" W. 



About 1,045 fathoms of cable were paid out, which indicated a 

 depth of approximately 350 fathoms. Cape Cabron, Dominican Re- 

 public, bore 220° and Cape Samana Light 176°. When the gear was 

 surfaced at 4:03 p.m., Cape Cabron bore 159° and Cape Samana 

 Light 147°. 



This haul resulted in the capture of 406 fish, of which 379 belonged 

 to one species. We also caught a lot of crustaceans, some worms, 

 salpae, and heteropods and pteropods. Dr. Price extracted some 

 parasites from the larger fish. 



We again came to anchor for the night off Santa Barbara de 

 Samana in Samana Bay. The submarine light was again put over- 

 board and enabled us to collect a splendid lot of small fishes ; Dr. Price 

 was busy until 2 o'clock in the morning examining them for parasites. 



February 19, 1933 



The day was devoted to making a line of soundings through the 

 long axis of the Puerto Rican Deep. These soundings and their 

 location are published on the attached chart. 



STATION 63. Lat. i9°54'oo" N. Long. 65°27'oo" W. February 20, 1933 



An otter trawl, in the tail end of which we had laced an intermediate 

 net containing some sargassum, or gulfweed, to preserve the finer 

 things and keep them from crushing, was put overboard at 3 : 45 a.m. 

 in about 80 fathoms of water. 



This haul yielded a lot of sargassum, some deep-sea fish, the prize 

 being an Idiacanthus, and some small crustaceans. 



February 22, 1933 



We crossed San Juan Bay, Puerto Rico, to the little village of 

 Pueblo Viejo and proceeded toward the hills, stopping at the first 

 hill on the east side of the road, the honeycombed limestone paradones 

 of which yielded many land mollusks, some lizards, and crustaceans. 



