NOTE OF THE 1907 CRUISE. 



The intention was to go from Scalloway to the south end of the 

 Faeroe banks, thence southward to the Butt of Lewis, and from there 

 out into the deeper water along the shelf of the Atlantic slope, and 

 continue as far southwards as time and opportunity would permit, 

 chiefly trawling and dredging. But the weather was anything but 

 good for this kind of work, and we got no farther south than 

 St. Kilda. A fair number of fishes and a large number of Crustacea, 

 and, amongst other things, a very complete collection of Pycnogonida^ 

 were obtained ; but as these collections have not yet been reported 

 on, I defer the discussion of the results. I had the advantage of the 

 assistance of Mr. Opie, of Cambridge, who remained on board 

 throughout the greater part of the cruise, and who ably and 

 energetically gave his attention to the preservation of the specimens 

 collected. 



The latter part of the cruise was continued by a passage from 

 Shetland to Norway, which I made in response to a request from 

 Dr. 0. Pettersson, who asked me to work hydrographically across a 

 line which he marked out, and which would connect up the observa- 

 tions of the Scottish, German, and Scandinavian expeditions. Dr. 0. 

 Pettersson kindly undertook to have the water samples and plankton 

 examined in the Swedish Laboratory, and these observations are 

 published here. The full discussion of them is not possible until 

 the German and Scotch observations are ready for publication. As 

 Dr. Pettersson remarks, there was an unusual flow of Atlantic water 

 during September, 1907, into the eastern part of the North Sea, 

 characterized by southerly plankton forms. Professor d'Arcy 

 Thompson has very kindly made some remarks, and provided me 



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