20 SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS VOL. 9I 



STATION 72. Lat. i8°38'o8" N. Long. 65°So'3o" W. February 24, 1933 



The snapper was again put overboard and yielded similar results. 



STATION 73. Lat. i8°36'So" N. Long. 65°5i'oo" W. February 24, 1933 



The coring machine with a pasteboard tube in it was next put 

 overboard, with the result that a short core of thick, pasty clay was 

 obtained. 



STATION 74. Lat. i8°36'S5" N. Long. 65°Si'4o" W. February 24, 1933 



Lat. i8°36'io" N. Long. 65°48'3o" W. 



The otter trawl was put overboard at 3: 15 p.m., when Cape San 

 Juan Light bore 135° and Morro Castle Light 241°. When it was 

 surfaced at 6: 00 Cape San Juan Light bore 141° and Morro Castle 

 Light 246°. From 4: 20 to 4: 48 we changed course gradually from 

 360° to 141°, making a semicircle. This haul was made in about 

 360 fathoms, 1,000 fathoms of cable being paid out. In the otter 

 trawl we had placed an intermediate bobbinet net. 



The haul yielded a number of deep-sea fish, some very brilliantly 

 colored crustaceans, two octopuses, and a small number of mollusks. 



While we were making the last haul, a shark 40 inches long, having 

 a basal caudal notch like that of a tiger shark, was caught ; parts of it 

 were preserved. 



We came to anchor opposite Icacos Cay for the night and after 

 dark rri^de a small collection of fish, crustaceans, and worms, with 

 the use of the cargo light and submarine light and the big circular 

 net, as well as dip nets. 



February 25, 1933 



During the night an ii|-foot shark weighing 660, pounds was 

 caught ; we found it on the hook next morning. We also caught a 

 remora, which was swimming about the shark. Both of these were 

 examined by Dr. Price for parasites. The shark proved to be a 

 female bearing 39 young of considerable length. 



At about 7 : 30 a.m., Mr. Douglass, Florence Douglass, Dr. Price, 

 Mr. Weber and the writer went to Lobos Island and made a collection 

 of shore species of mollusks, crustaceans, and other forms. No land 

 shells were found. 



STATION 75. Lat. i8°24'4o" N. Long. 6s°33'4o" W. February 25, 1933 



Lat. i8°27'35" N. Long. 65°33'35" W. 



When we lowered the tangle at 10: 23 a.m.. Cape San Juan Light 

 bore 242°, Las Cucarachas Light 257.5°. When it was surfaced at 



