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two hours, with favoring 
wind and tide. Sails are 
set whenever it is advan- 
tageous to do so. The only 
cruise made into Long Is- 
land Sound was so disap- 
pointing in results that it 
was not repeated. The 
lower bay, that is, the re- 
gion comprising Sandy 
Hook and Raritan bays, 
having proved satisfactory, 
our work has not yet been ex- 
tended farther. The explor- 
ation of Jamaica Bay and 
Barnegat Bay will be de- 
ferred until next summer. 
The presence of forty 
large permanently located 
pound nets in the lower bay, operated by 
commercial fishermen, proved a sufficient induce- 
ment to confining the collecting work to that 
region for the present season. The pound nets 
are emptied of their catches every morning ex- 
cept Saturday and Sunday, and it is only neces- 
sary to be present when this is done in order 
to secure many kinds of fishes that cannot be 
caught in seines along the beaches. Desirable 
food fishes can be transferred directly from the 
pound nets to the well of the Seahorse, by pay- 
ing the fishermen the prevailing market prices, 
while the numerous kinds rejected by the fisher- 
men are also available. The latter are of course 
equally desirable as Aquarium exhibits, as they 
include interesting species of skates, puffers. 
STOWING THE SEINE IN THE 
SEINE BOAT 
sculpins, dogfish and the 
unmarketable in general. 
The usual procedure of 
the Seahorse crew is to 
spend some hours  seining 
the beaches, dredging under 
sail, or collecting inverte- 
brates along shore, then 
after lying at anchor over 
night, visit the pound nets 
when they are lifted at day- 
break. Fishes that have 
been handled carefully and 
placed in the well of the 
Seahorse require no further 
attention, and the cruise 
may be prolonged if desir- 
able, as the water supply 
changes constantly with the 
motion of the boat. 
