BIGELOW: COAST WATER EXPLORATION OF 1913. £53 
The next run was to New York; and it was at one of the Stations 
on this line (10065) that the extensive beds of sea scallops (Pecten 
magellanicus) which promise great commercial value, were discovered; 
and I may forestall the narrative by stating that scallops were found 
in considerable numbers, between the 25 and 50 fathom curves, as 
far south as the latitude of Cape Charles (Stations 10070, 10072, 
10073, 10074, 10077). 
Remaining in New York long enough to restock the larder and re- 
_ plenish the supply of gasoline, on the 17th we ran down the coast 
as far as Barnegat (Station 10069), thence eastward across the shelf 
to the Gulf Stream (Station 10071). From this point we worked 
southerly, in a zigzag course, past the mouth of Delaware Bay, to 
Cape Charles, then off shore once more, for the last complete section 
of the shelf and so to Norfolk, arriving there on July 24th. The 
courses and stations are shown on the chart (Plate 1). 
Current measurements were made at three stations between Cape 
Cod and Norfolk; off Long Island, off Cape May (Station 10072), 
and off Chincoteague (Station 10074); observations being taken 
hourly for six hours at each station, both at the surface and on the 
bottom; the data is given below (p. 225). At Stations 10065 and 
10074, the work was done from the dory, but at ‘Station 10072 the 
Grampus herself was anchored for the purpose. 
_ Refitting in Norfolk until July 29th, the voyage was resumed north- 
ward, following the coast, and locating stations to fill the gaps left 
on the way south. On August 3 the Grampus reached Woods 
Hole, on the 4th, sailed through Vineyard Sound; and arrived in 
Gloucester on the 5th after a most successful voyage. 
On August 9th we put to sea again for the Gulf of Maine, sailing 
eastward from Cape Ann to the sink at the mouth of Massachusetts 
Bay (Station 10087), thence to the centre of the Gulf (Station 10090), 
crossing the western basin where the deepest Gulf Station (10088, 150 
fathoms) was located, Jeffrey’s Bank was the next objective (Station 
10091), where a strong northwest wind was encountered, though work 
under shortened sail was possible. We then ran toward Cape Sable, 
making the same stations as the year before, two in the basin, one on 
the coast slope, and one on German Bank. And, as in 1912, the sud- 
den cooling of the surface as we approached the Bank was a striking 
phenomenon. In 1912 the Grampus was wrapped in a blanket of 
fog day after day in this part of the Gulf, feeling her way about by 
soundings. But in 1913 the most delightfully elear, calm, weather 
imaginable, with light northwest breezes, was enjoyed; and so trans- 
