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During the season of 1878-79 the dredging operations, from Decem- 

 ber to March, were in charge of Alexander Agassiz, and the following 

 stations were occupied by the U. S. Coast Survey steamer "Blake," 

 Commander J. R. Bartlett, U. S. N. The cruise extended from Key 

 West to Havana, from Havana to Jamaica through the Old Bahama 

 Channel and Windward Passage, from Jamaica to St. Thomas along the 

 south coast of Hayti and Porto Rico. From St. Thomas the " Blake " 

 visited Santa Cruz, Saba Bank, Montserrat, St. Kitts, Guadeloupe, 

 Dominica, Martinique, St. Lucia, St. Vincent, the Grenadines, Grenada, 

 and extended the dredgings south as far as the 100-fathom line off 

 Trinidad, returned to St. Vincent, and finished the dredging operations 

 at Barbados. 



