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the leeward Society Islandj!, the Cook, and Tonga Archipelagos, as will be 

 seen from the record which follows : — 



Nov. 16. Near the west side of Huaheine. Calm. Very poor haul : a few 

 Copepods, Collozoum, mass of Trichodesmium. At anchor in Hurepiti Bay, 

 Tahaa. By electric light a fair haul was made of Copepods, Polygordius, 

 young Tamoya, Lucifer, many crustacean larvoo, mainly Brachiurans, many 

 Ostracods, Styliola. 



Nov. 17. At Bora Bora, 8 p.m., we obtained from the surface haul 

 Ostracods, Lucifer, Appendicularia3, Sagittal, Squillae larvaj, Megalops, small 

 fishes, Macrurans, Ctenophores ; very poor in Copepods. A second haul 

 made with electric light contained mainly Crustaceans, specially Ostracods, 

 also Sagittae and Appendicularias. 



Nov. 24. Station 183. Lat. 19° 04' S., long. 167' 41' W. A very poor 

 haul: a few Collozoum, four small Copepods, one Ostracod. 



Nov. 29. A surface haul made at Tongatabu by electric light con- 

 tained only four Copepods. 



Dec. 4. A surface haul at Vavau by electric light brought together 

 quite a number of young fishes, a few Copepods and Schizopods, Ilalobates, 

 and young Linerges. 



Dec. 2-3. About one mile off shore, off the north entrance to Funa- 

 futi. A few Copepods, Collozoum, Tomopteris, pelagic fishes, and two 

 species of Halobates. 



Jan. 1, 1900. Off the south shore of Tarawa. Collected by electric 

 light large numbers of embryos of Crustacea and young fishes. 



Jan. 5. At Taritari anchorage. Collected by electric light an immense 

 number of Copepods, together with pelagic Annelids, Autolytus, young 

 fishes, and many embryos of shore Macrurans and Brachiurans. 



Jan; 18. At anchor, Rongelab. A surface haul by electric light brought 

 a large number of embryos of Crustacea and of young fishes. 



Station 222. About one and a half miles south, off the southeast pass, of 



Rongelab. A surface haul obtained only Collozoum and one blue Copepod. 



Jan. 20. At anchor in Likieb lagoon. Surface haul by electric light 



obtained Autolytus, many Annelids, young fishes, and larva3 of Macrurans 



and Brachiurans. 



