DREDGING REPORT, 1862. 251 
XXXVI —Report of the Dredging Expedition to the Dogger Bank 
and the Coasts of Northumberland. Edited by Henry T. 
MENNELL. 
Ar the meeting of the British Association in 1861, a grant was 
made for dredging on the coasts of Northumberland and Durham. 
The Natural History Society and the Field Club had already 
agitated the question, and applied to the Association for assist- 
ance. The gentlemen to whom the grant was made, two of whom 
(J. Gwynn Jeffreys, Esq., and the Rev. T. Hincks) were not 
connected with the district, therefore, very courteously consented 
that our local societies and naturalists should have the practical 
organization and control of the expedition. Assisted by the 
advice of Mr. Joshua Alder, the Rev. A. M. Norman, Mr. 
George Hodge, Mr. G. S. Brady, and other experienced dredgers, 
I engaged the steamer ‘‘ Chesapeake,” one of the ‘‘ Red Star” 
line, purchased dredges and other necessary apparatus, and made 
all the arrangements which were requisite for the success of the 
expedition. 
The two societies above named supplemented the grant of the 
Association, and many of their members also subscribed to the 
fund. The four gentlemen just named lent various apparatus, 
and Messrs. T. and W. Smith, J. Crawhall and Sons, and 
Haggie Brothers, liberally presented all the rope required for 
the dredges and nets. 
Thus fitted out and provisioned, the “Chesapeake” got under 
way on the morning of the 20th of August, having on board the 
Rev. A. M. Norman, Mr. Tuffen West, F.L.8., and myself. 
Mr. Joseph Wright, the keeper of the Museum, accompanied us, 
and was, in a variety of ways, of great assistance to us. Mr. 
Hutchinson, of Whitburn, a fisherman who had had much 
experience under Mr. Alder, was engaged to superintend the 
dredges. 
It may readily be imagined that at the outset of an expedition 
like this, there were many things to be remembered and much to 
be done at the last moment. Hence confusion reigned supreme 
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