20 Cruise of 1903 from Valentia to the Faeroe Banks and Orkney 



station Running thirty-four miles during the night with a south-south- 



west wind, at 1 a.m., July 7, the ship was hove-to in Lat. 51° 30' N., 

 Long. 12° 00' W. A sounding gave 616 fathoms, bottom stones and 

 sand; the closing-net was used at 600, 500, 300, 200, and 100 fathoms, 

 and water samples taken from 600, 300, etc., fathoms. 



station On July 8, the position being Lat. 52° 00' N., Long. 12° 00' W., 



depth 255 fathoms, with a bottom of fine grey sand, the closing-net 

 and water-bottle were used. 



station On July 9, Lat. 53° 30' N., Lons;. 12° 00' W., a sounding 



E9, 10, J . 



ii. gave 150 fathoms. Stations 10 and 11 were in shallow water 



respecting Lat. 53° 00' N., Long. 11° 56' W., depth 100 fathoms, 



station and Lat. 53° 30' N., Long. 12° 00' W , depth 150 fathoms. Both 



were worked with closing-net and water-bottle, and on the same 



day in Lat. 54° 00' N., Long. 12° 00' W., a depth of 205 fathoms. 



At both stations the closing-net and water-bottle were used as 



usual. 



station At midnight of July 9 the position Lat. 54° 30' N., Long. 12° 00' 



W., was reached, and, double reefing the sails, although the wind was 



light, so as to make as little leeway as possible, a sounding gave 1,608 



fathoms, with a bottom of grey ooze. A thick fog, with light breeze 



from west-south-west, turned to heavy rain. The net was put clown 



to 1,600 fathoms, and brought some stuff in it, though not very much, 



and also at 1,000 fathoms, and at 800 and 600 fathoms good hauls. 



At 100 fathoms it contained a very fine specimen of Plironomopsis 



sedentaria. The hauls at 300, 200, and 100 fathoms were good. In 



all these hauls, the weather being favourable, the sounding -wire was 



perfectly ' plumb,' and the heavy wire and closing-net almost entirely 



so. Water samples were taken at 1,500 fathoms and upwards. 



Havino- drifted somewhat eastwards, the water-bottle struck bottom 



at 1 500 fathoms, and in the subsequent haul at 1,300 fathoms it again 



struck bottom, bringing up mud and ooze along with the water. 



Evidently there was here a very steep bank. During this time the 



ship was drifting a quarter of a mile per hour. At 1,100 fathoms 



there was no bottom. 



