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chance to make a catch, but found no fish on the Hne next morning. 

 It is probable that the treating of the hydrographic stranded wires 

 with a mixture of linseed and kerosene oils proved a deterrent to 

 the fish. 



STATION 89. Lat. i9°i3'oo" N. Long. 65°i6'oo" W. February 28, 1933 



The day being calm and the sea almost as smooth as glass, we 

 decided to try out our Nansen water bottles and reversible ther- 

 mometers. Six sets of Nansen bottles, each provided with two ther- 

 mometers, were lowered in series, to 500, 1,000, 2,000, 3,000, 4,000 

 and 4,500 meters, and yielded splendid results as to water and tem- 

 perature readings, which will be reported on separately. 



While this work was going on, the launch picked up a tubful of 

 sargassum, which upon being washed with fresh water and shaken, 

 yielded a number of fish, crustaceans, and mollusks. 



STATION 90. Lat. i9°i3'oo" N. Long. 65°i6'oo" W. February 28, 1933 



A small circular dredge, with a bucketlike rim and handle frame an 

 inch in width and a foot in diameter, with a double net 2^ feet long, 

 one bobbinet and the other ^-inch webbing, was lowered to 3,000 

 fathoms. The ship was then moved slightly ahead while another 

 1,000 fathoms of cable was paid out. On hauling in, it was found 

 that the net had indeed struck bottom, but the wire cable, unfortu- 

 nately, had been too profusely supplied and had kinked, so that a 

 large amount of it had to be abandoned on account of the kinking. 

 The net itself contained a bit of sticky mud and a single fragment of 

 an Oliva. 



While these operations were going on, another tiger shark was 

 captured, a moderate-sized specimen, and later still another, probably 

 a Carcharodon. Both of these were examined by Dr. Price and Mr. 

 Weber for parasites, and parts of the animals were preserved. 



STATION 91. Lat. i8°37'3o" N. Long. 65°05'oo" W. March i, 1933 



Lat. i8°42'oo" N. Long. 65°io'oo" W. 



We lowered the 6-foot beam trawl at 2 : 58 p.m. on bottom register- 

 ing between 320 and 400 fathoms. The trawl was surfaced at 4:43, 

 and the haul proved to be merely a water haul. 



We came to anchor at Brewers Bay, St. Thomas, and after dark 

 Mr. Weber and Miss Florence Douglass used the submarine light at 

 the gangway and obtained a splendid lot of fish, four small squids, 

 some shrimp, and other crustaceans. We also used the cargo light 



