(2) 
Date and Time. 
June 6, 
June 30, 
June 30, 
1-2.45 p.m, 
June 30, 
4.30-5.10 p.m. 
June 30, 
6.30 P.M. ; 
July 1, 
6.30 A.M. 
July 4, 
7.15 P.M. ; 
July 5, 
7.15 aM. 
~ July 25, 
1 hour in 
afternoon. 
July 26, 
1 hour in 
morning. 
July 27, 
11.15-noon. 
July 28, 
10.20-11.20 p.m. 
Aug. 22, 
1.43-2,30 p.m. 
Aug. 22, 
3-4 P.M. 
Aug. 22, 
4.40-5.20 p.m. 
8.40-9.40 p.m. 
noon—12.40 p.m. 
DESCRIPTION OF THE EXPEDITION. 
(3) 
Position. 
On course from 
Peros to Diego 
Garcia, N.E. Gt. 
Chagos Bank. 
7 miles N.W. of 
Yéyé,  Peros 
Atoll. 
Same. 
1-2 miles N.W. 
of passage into 
Salomon Atoll. 
At anchor off 
passage into 
Salomon Atoll. 
Same, 
On Wight Bank, 8. 
of Chagos. 
On Centurion Bank, 
8. of Chagos. 
Lat. 6° 0’ S., long. 
69° 16’ KE. (W. of 
Chagos). Depth 
1822 fms. 
Lat. 4°48'S., long. 
67° 22' BH. (240 
miles W.N.W, of 
Chagos). Depth 
2173 fms. 
Mauritius, 5 miles 
W. of Black 
River. 
Same. 
Same. 
(4) 
Nets. 
Regular. 
Regular 
in series, 
Large 
square. 
Large 
square, 
Regular. 
Regular. 
Regular, 
Regular, 
Regular. 
Regular. 
Regular 
in series. 
Large 
square. 
Regular 
in series, 
(5) 
Depth. 
600-0 fms, 
180-0 fms. 
10 fms. 
Surface. 
Surface. 
Surface. 
Surface, 
Surface. 
0, 25, 50, 75, 
100, 125, 
150 fms. 
200 fms. 
200, 225, 250, 
275, 300 fms. 
(6) 
Weather, 
Clear sky, dark 
night. Calm. 
Bright sky with 
light clouds. S.E. 
wind (3). 
Same. 
Same, 
Generally bright 
with squalls of 
rain. §S.E. wind 
(3-5). 
Overcast sky with 
rain. E.S.E. wind 
(1-3). 
Bright at times 
with clouds and 
rain-squalls. H. 
& S. wind (3). 
Cloudy, wind, rain- 
squalls. S.E, 
wind (4-5), 
Bright clear sky. 
N.E. wind (1). 
Clear sky. E, wind 
(3). 
Clear, with passing 
showers and rain. 
S.E wind (4-6). 
Same. 
* Same. 
(7) 
Temp. 
of Sea- 
surface, 
81 
Same. 
80 
81 
Same, 
Same. 
(8) 
Remarks, 
Slight 8.E, swell. 
Swell (strength 3). 
Same, 
Towed 1 mile. 
Nets taken at each 
hour during 
night. 
Same. 
Swell from8.E, (2). 
No catch beyond 
a quantity of fine 
weed. 
Swell, 8.E. (3). 
Heavy southerly 
swell. 
Net carried away 
by shark. 
Piece of a large 
Pyrosoma clinging 
on wire from 300 
fms. 
