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and the 8-foot circular net, but the strong current prevented its 

 successful operation. The single haul, however, yielded a small 

 number of minute crustaceans. 



STATION 92. Lat. i8°39'oo" N. Long. 65°O5'30" W. March 2, 1933 



Lat. i8°38'oo" N. Long. 65°09'3o" W. 



A 6-foot beam trawl was let down at 8: 35 a.m., when Culebrita 

 Light bore 202°, the northwest point of St. Thomas 170°. When it 

 was hauled in at 10:00, Culebrita Light bore 193° and the north- 

 west point of St. Thomas 158°. The depth varied from 310 to 350 

 fathoms. 



Upon hauling in, it was found that all of the gear had been torn 

 free from the shackle and lost. 



STATION 93. Lat. i8°38'oo" N. Long. 65°09'3o" W. March 2, 1933 



Lat. i8°37'45" N. Long. 6s°o5'oo" W. 



When the 3-foot dredge was lowered at 10:10 a.m., Culebrita 

 Light bore 193° and the northwest point of St. Thomas 158°. When 

 it was surfaced at 11 : 44, Culebrita Light bore 196° and the north- 

 west point of St. Thomas 164°. The depth varied from 350 to 400 

 fathoms. 



The haul yielded a bagful of cementlike mud which contained 

 many specimens including mollusks, echinoderms, worms, and foram- 

 inifera. 



STATION 94. Lat. i8°37'45" N. Long. 65°05'oo" W. March 2, 1933 



Lat. i8''39'oo" N. Long. 6s°03'3o" W. 



When another 3-foot dredge was put overboard at 11:51 a.m., 

 Culebrita Light bore 196° and the northwest point of St. Thomas 

 164°. When it was surfaced at 2:10 p.m., Culebrita Light bore 

 206° and the northwest point of St. Thomas 177°, the depth varying 

 from 300 to 470 fathoms. 



The dredge became unshackled on one side, and the protecting 

 canvas sleeve was almost ripped off and badly torn, but the webbing 

 held several chunks of rock which are made up almost exclusively of 

 pteropod shells. The writer has not known pteropod shells to form 

 coquina before, and he believes that the largest specimen will prove 

 to be excellent for museum exhibition. In addition to this we 

 obtained also some brittlestars and some splendid mollusks and 

 brachiopods. 



