Station 

 5 10. 



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the haul was good, the temperature being about 2° C. below normal. 

 At 500 fathoms the temperature had risen l - 5° C. in 100 fathoms. 

 Before noon rain commenced to fall in torrents, but at noon an 

 observation showed the ship to be just 100 miles south-west of the 

 last station (June 29). At 400 and 200 fathoms the hauls were 

 unsuccessful ; at the former depth the net was found to have turned 

 inside out. 



At 4 a.m. on July 3 Station 10 was reached in Lat. 44° 41' N. 

 Long. 19° 08' W., after a dirty night of wind and rain, necessitating 

 reduction of canvas. From 4 a.m. to 8 a.m. it was impossible to do 

 any work, the ship being simply hove to, but at 8 a.m., with the 

 weather a little better, the water-bottle was lowered to 1,500 fathoms, 

 and samples were taken at that depth, also 1,300, 1,100, 900, 700, 500, 

 300, and 100 fathoms. Work with the closing-net was impossible. 

 With the exception of one fine day at Station 2, the sea had 

 been unfavourable since the commencement of the cruise for tow- 

 netting. 



With a light, fair wind during the night, and the sea gradually 

 subsiding, a passage of fifty miles was made, and Station 11, i n Station 

 Lat. 44° 13' N., Long. 20° 05' W., was reached, and work commenced 

 by lowering the closing-net to 1,500 fathoms at 8 a.m. With the most 

 favourable conditions the net did not capture much plankton at this 

 depth, nor at 1,200 fathoms, but the haul at 1,000 fathoms was good, 

 also at 800, 600, 400, 200, and 100 fathoms. The weather on this day 

 was perfect, a light northerly breeze and gentle swell. With a very light 

 westerly breeze throughout the night, progress was slow, and at noon 

 on July 5 the position was only thirty-four miles from the last station. 

 The weather still being all that could be desired, it was decided to take 

 serial temperatures down to 2,000 fathoms, and consequently the ship 

 was hove to (Station 12) in Lat. 44° 5' N., Long. 20° 34' W. The ff tiaa 

 observations were as follows : 



