220 REPORT Ol? COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 
of Point Reyes, and at 6:15 we anchored in Drake Bay for the night. 
Getting under way at 6:15 the following morning, a iine of dredgings 
was run to Noonday Rock, and the region examined with dredge, 
tangles, and hand lines. The beam trawl was used westward of the 
bank to depths exceeding 500 fathoms. Work continued until 8 p. m., 
when we steamed slowly inshore and lay to within the range of Point 
Reyes light. The weather was unsettled, with frequent showers, and 
the wind increased during the night. Work was resumed at daybreak 
next morning, however, and a line of dredgings run to the vicinity of 
Point Reyes. Wind and sea having increased until it was too boister- 
ous to continue work, we came to in Drake Bay at 9:30 a.m. Seining 
and fishing parties went out, but the swell outside and the surf on the 
beach rendered operations exceedingly difficult. 
The wind and sea moderated during the night, and at 6:10 on the 
morning of the 24th we got under way and steamed to Cordell Bank. 
A trawl line was set and a boat anchored, having mast and flag to 
serve as a central point from which soundings were taken at intervals 
of one mile, over a rough rocky bottom, and the tangles were hauled 
occasionally. Hand lines were used from time to time, but the swell 
and strong current made it difficult to keep them on the bottom. Rock- 
cod were taken at most of the stations, but not in great numbers. Our 
examination showed rocky patches extending somewhat farther than 
indicated by the chart, except in a westerly direction, where the depths 
increased rapidly witha bottom of greenmud. The trawl lines brought 
up 45 rock-cod, averaging 6$ pounds, and 2 eultus-cod, weighing 25 
pounds each. 
Starting about 4 p. m., we ran a line of soundings to Point Arena, 
where we commenced to develop the 200-fathom line. Work was con- 
tinued until 9:46 a. m. on the 25th, when bad weather forced us to cease 
operations; and, rather than lay out a gale, we ran for port, anchoring 
off Saucelito at 9:35 p. m., crossing over to San Francisco the following 
morning. 
The weather clearing on the 27th, we Jeft port at 6:20 p. m. and, 
steaming to the northward, took upour work off Wallalla Point, at 5:40 
on the morning of the 28th, developing the 200-fathom line to the south- 
ward as far as Russian River, where a series of dredgings was made 
over smooth sand or mud bottom, quite rich in the various species of 
flatfish. The last haul was finished at 10 p. m., when we lay to for the 
night, the weather being overcast and rainy. Resuming work at day- 
light next morning, March 29, a line ef dredgings was run to Point 
Reyes, and thence to the vicinity of Point Bonita. We then entered 
the Golden Gate, and, at 2:30 p.m., anchored in the harbor of San 
Francisco, where the ship was coaled. 
At 4:10 p.m. on April 2, we got under way and proceeded to sea. 
Standing to the southward under steam and sail, we passed Pigeon 
Point light at 9:49, and at 11:40 cast the lead in 208 fathoms, the light 
