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at 2.30 p. m. tlie next day, Friday, we commenced taking it on board 

 from a barge alongside and finished on Monday, having received 98 

 tons. We received paymaster's stores on Wednesday, October 31, and 

 at 1.10 p. m., November 4, left the navy-yard and proceeded on our 

 cruise. The weather was hazy with light westerly winds and smooth 

 sea. 



Having passed Sandy Hook, we steamed SSE., keeping a lookout for 

 schooling fish, and at 6.53 a. m., the following day, sounded in 1,209 

 fathoms, globigerina ooze, latitude 38° 44' N., longitude 72° 38' W, At 

 7.24 put over the beam trawl, landing it on the bottom at 8.43, with 1,800 

 fathoms of rope out. It dragged till 9.45 and was up at 10.54 a. ■ m. 

 At 11.14 a. m. we sounded again in 1,091 fathoms, globigerina ooze, 

 latitude 38° 47' 20" N., longitude 72° 37' W., and at 11.46 put the trawl 

 over, veering to 1,600 fathoms on the dredge rope. It was one hour 

 twenty-five minutes going down, dragged one hour, and came up in 

 fifty-six minutes. Both hauls were very successful, bringing up large 

 numbers and a great variety of specimens. At 3.41 p. m. we sounded 

 in 991 fathoms, blue mud, latitude 38° 48' N., longitude 72o 40' 30" W., 

 and at 4.10 put the trawl over, veering to 1,500 fathoms ; time going 

 down fifty-five minutes ; on the bottom one hour and sixteen minutes, 

 and fifty-sixty minutes coming up. There were but few specimens in 

 the net, indicating that it had been on the bottom but a short time. A 

 modified form of wing nets, having pockets to prevent specimens from 

 washing out, was used for the first time to-day with the trawl; and a 

 boat dredge with light canvas bag was attached to the end of the trawl 

 net to bring up a specimen of the bottom. After the trawl came up 

 a set of serial temperatures and specific gravities were taken from the 

 surface to 900 fathoms, and at 9.32 p. m. we started ahead SSW. for the 

 night. We had light winds from W. to SSE. during the day, with clear 

 weather and smooth seaj a perfect day for our work. 



At 6.06 a. m. on the 6th we sounded in 1,395 fathoms, globigerina 

 ooze, latitude 37° 50'1>., longitude 73^03' 50" W. At 6.44 put the 

 trawl over, and veered to 2,100 fathoms on the dredge rope ; time going 

 down, one hour thirty minutes 5 on the bottom, one hour thirty-one min- 

 utes; coming up, one hour seventeen minutes. It was an excellent haul; 

 the trawl net contained a large number of interesting specimens, the 

 wing nets caught a variety of minute forms, a.nd the boat dredge at the 

 tail of the trawl net came up full of foraminiferous ooze. At meridian 

 we sounded again in 1,497 fathoms, globigerina ooze, latitude 37° 41' 

 20" N., longitude 73° 03' 20" W., and at 12.37 p. m. put over the trawl 

 veering to 2,300 fathoms, the time of going down being one hour forty- 

 seven minutes ; on the bottom, one hour nineteen minutes ; coming up^ 

 one hour fourteen minutes. At 5.14 p. m., latitude 37° 34' 48" N., 

 longitude 73° 03' 15" W., we sounded in 1,542 fathoms, globigerina ooze,| 

 and took a set of serial temperatures and specific gravities from thej 

 surface to 900 fathoms; the thermometer at 1,000 fathoms failed tc 

 register. At 8 p. nh, st^arted a-ihead WSW. with the intention of reach-J 



