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Lazaretto and thence to Cabo do Garajiio. I had with me a hand-winch, 

 which so immensely lessens the labour of hauling in the dredge. Aided by 

 this I had dredged without difficulty in the Norwegian fiords down to nearly 

 400 fathoms, and at Madeira — given fair weather — I found no difficulty in 

 working at the previously mentioned depths of 50-70 fathoms. I therefore 

 determined to try deeper water. Success so far attended the effort that 

 a small quantity of the bottom was brought up from between 200-300 

 fathoms *. Unfortunately, at the second attempt the dredge caught on a 

 rock, and a breeze having sprung up, it was lost. I suppose that this was 

 the first time such a depth had been wx>rked from an open four-oared boat in 

 the Atlantic Ocean. The little material which had been piocured was a 

 revelation. Here were so many old friends that I might have imagined that 

 I was again dredging in a Norwegian fiord. There were present Area 

 pectunculoides, Portlandia messanensis, Cuspiclaria rostrata, Pulsellum quin- 

 quavgidare, &c., together with the Polyzoon Tessarodoma horeale and the 

 Foraminifer Cydammina cancellcda of large size and in great abundance, 

 as well as other species of Mollusca, all new to the Madeiran fauna. 

 The shores of Madeira are for the most part precipitous, and there are not 

 manv spots where shore-hunting can be carried out, but at Gorgulho I found 

 profitable ground. 



It remains for me to thank kind friends who have rendered me assistance. 



I am greatly indebted to Padre Schmitz, who has got together such an 

 excellent museum of the local fauna at the Seminario, where also are now 

 to be found the collections of Mr. J. Yate Johnson. In the spring of 1908, 

 when I was on a short second visit to the island, Padre Schmitz not only 

 allowed me to examine at my leisure the whole of the Polyzoa named and 

 unexamined which were contained in the museum, but also permitted me to 

 brino- away with me certain type specimens for closer examination and 

 comparison. I am also further indebted to him for the gift of many 

 interesting specimens. 



At this same visit to the island I made the acquaintance of Senlior Adolpho 

 Csesar De Noronha, a most enthusiastic zoologist and geologist, who has during 

 the past year sent to me several consignments of Polyzoa, collected by 

 himself not only at Madeira but also from the islands of Porto Santo and 

 the Salvages, of the marine fauna of which we have been up to the present 

 time in almost absolute ignorance. 



I have to thank Mr. R. Kirkpatrick, of the British Museum, for the valuable 

 assistance which he has given me by enabling me to examine many types of 



* It must be understood that tlie depths given in this paper are merely approximate as 

 no soundings were takef. Thej' are estimated first hy use of the chart, and secondly by the 

 amount of line employed. In the dredging here referred to nearly 600 fathoms of line 

 were let out. 



