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were taken from 700 fathoms upwards. Here it was desired to use Feb. 16, 

 Pettersson's machine, but the water was too deep to anchor the off Mar- 

 ship. On February 16, off Marbella, the trawl was put down in 

 500 fathoms, and in the bag-net on the trawl-head was a Stomias boa, 

 and in the trawl some Seopelus and Gonostoma, and some Oermodus Feb. i~, 



1906. 

 pariniS. Off Mar- 



On February 17, still off Marbella, but nearer to land, in 

 276 fathoms, the trawl was put down again, but with very unsuccessful 

 results, both bag-nets on the trawl-heads gone, having broken away Feb 21 

 with the weight of mud contained in them. Gibraltar 



Getting awav from Gibraltar on Februarv 21 with a strong blow Bay ' 

 from the west, while waiting the opportunity to get off to the Gettys- 

 burg Bank, the trawl was put down in Gibraltar Bay, and a few fishes 

 captured, amongst which were HoplostetJius mediterraneus, Gadus 

 argenteus, Macrurus cmtorynchiis. At night it came on to blow so 

 very strongly that the ship was brought to anchor in Algeciras Bay, 

 where she lay until Sunday, the 26th, a gale from the west to north- 

 west lasting' all the time. It moderated sufficiently on the Sunday to 

 get out as far as Tarifa, when, falling quite calm, the tide took 

 the ship right back to Gibraltar. Next day a light wind was blowing 

 from the west, which freshened considerably as the day wore on, and 

 a whole day was spent in getting as far as Trafalgar Bay ; and 

 from then, until March 2, the whole period was occupied endeavouring 

 under double reefs to get to the Gettysburg. On this day a sounding M h 

 on the west side of the bank gave 164 fathoms, and continuing aj, 9 e ^ - s 

 little farther, 230 fathoms, with a bottom of fine white sand and g" n g k 

 shells. Then east-north-east, three miles away, bottom was reached 

 at 80 fathoms, and putting down the trawl and towing over 80 to 

 40 fathoms, it got fast in a rock and came up with the beam broken 

 and without a single fish in it, but plenty of dead shells and a few 

 Crustacea. A water-breaker, with a heavy piece of iron attached, 

 allowing a flagstaff to stand vertically in the water, on which could be 

 fixed the anchor light, was then put out and anchored, so that as the 

 ship dodged about all night it could be seen, and the position kept for 



