30 SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS VOL. QI 



STATION 105. Lat. i8°3o'5o" N. Long. 66°i3'2o" W. March 8, 1933 



Lat. i8°3i'3o" N. Long. 66°i4'S5" W. 



When the oyster dredge was again lowered at 10: 09 a.m., Morro 

 Castle Light bore 113° and the west end of Salinas Island 138°. 

 When it was surfaced at 10: 51, Morro Castle Light bore 113° and 

 the west end of Salinas Island 129°. The haul was made in 150 

 fathoms. 



By the time the dredge reached the surface, most of the material 

 had been washed out of the bag, but an interesting lot of fish, mol- 

 lusks, crustaceans, echinoderms, worms, and hydroids were present. 



STATION 106. Lat. i8°3i'2o" N. Long. 66°i6'3o" W. March 8, I933 



Lat. i8°3i'3o" N. Long. 66''i8'2o" W. 



When the otter trawl was again lowered at 11: 12 a.m., Morro 

 Castle Light bore 109° and the west end of Salinas Island 119°. 

 When it was surfaced at 12 : 03 p.m., Morro Castle Light bore 106° 

 and the west end of Salinas Island 113°. The depth of this haul 

 ranged from 150 to 195 fathoms. 



The material was again largely washed out of the dredge, but 

 there remained a lot of moUusks, brittlestars, anemones, and other 

 forms. 



STATION 107. Lat. i8°32'i5" N. Long. 66°i7'45" W. March 8, 1933 



Lat. i8°32'3o" N. Long. 66°22'45" W. 



When the otter trawl was put over at 12: 57 p.m., Morro Castle 

 Light bore 112° and the west end of Salinas Island 120°. When it 

 was surfaced at 2:34, Punta Cerro Gordo bore 145° and Garza 

 Island 182°. The haul was made in 250 to 260 fathoms. 



A tremendous pull on the accumulator indicated that the apparatus 

 had snagged, and upon hauling in, we found we had lost all the gear. 



On the way north we made a series of soundings across the great 

 deep, which are indicated on our chart. 



STATION 108. Lat. i9°32'oo" N. Long. 67°S3'oo" W. March 9, 1933 



At this station on the north side of the deep, a depth of 2,940 

 fathoms was sounded. We put a series of Nansen water bottles over, 

 but the heavy swell caused us to drift too rapidly to effect a straight 

 line. We therefore lowered only four bottles with thermometers to 

 depths of 500, 1,000, 1,900 and 2,400 meters. Water samples and 

 thermometer readings were obtained at this station, an account of 

 which will be given later. 



