INVESTIGATIONS OF THE ALBATROSS. 
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rock-cod being taken, besides scattering specimens of yellow-tails, dog- 
fish, etc. The red rock-cod are plentiful, and a well-conducted fishing 
vessel could take them in large numbers. 
Leaving the bank at dark, a line of soundings was run to Yaquina 
Head, developing a maximum depth of 78 fathoms. At 6.55, on the 
morning of the 9th, we cast the trawl in 28 fathoms, fine gray sand, Ya- 
quina Head bearing east (magnetic) 27 miles, seven species of flounders 
being taken, besides crabs, shrimps, etc. A fishing party was sent out 
in a boat, but met with no success. We then steamed off shore, keep - 
ing the light-house on the same bearing, east (magnetic), and repeated 
the trials in 43 fathoms, coarse gray sand, taking large numbers of 
flounders in the trawl, the line fishermen being equally successful with 
orange rock-cod. Wind and sea increased during the morning, finally 
becoming too rough for boat work, so to utilize the time we ran in and 
anchored under Yaquina Head, where the ship was partially protected, 
and sent a fishing party out in a boat to examine the shore line to leeward 
of the rocks. The party returned after several hours’ work without a 
fish, and no better success attended the use of hand lines on board ship. 
Leaving our anchorage at 2:30 p. m., we made two hauls of the trawl 
in 38 and 77 fathoms, the trial lines being put over at the former sta- 
tion without result. The trawl was landed on deck at 8 p. m., and we 
then started for Tillamook Rock, our next point for investigation. The 
wind and sea were so heavy that we did not reach the rock till 10:20 
the following morning, and then it was too rough for boat work; in 
fact, the indications were so unfavorable that we ran for Astoria, where 
we anchored at 3 p. m. the same day. We learned on our arrival of the 
burning of the business portion of Seattle, the fire having occurred on 
the afternoon of the 6th, a few hours after we left the harbor. 
The light-house steamer Manzanita made an ineffectual attempt to 
land supplies at Tillamook on the 11th, and left the harbor again at 
3:30 a. m., June 13, in company with this vessel. Arriving at the rock, 
the former made fast to her moorings and commenced landing supplies 
for the light house, while we set a trawl line across the channel inside 
of the rock, made three hauls of the trawl, and used the hand lines 
from the rail. The trawl line, with 700 baited hooks, remained on the 
bottom four hours, taking one halibut and one large skate. Many of 
the hooks were covered by large starfish, but the majority of the baits 
remained untouched. Three halibut and a ground shark were taken 
with hand lines from the Manzanita while lying at her moorings. 
Specimens taken with the beam trawl iucluded eight species of floun- 
ders, hake, tomcod, sculpins, shrimp, smelt, crabs, an octopus, etc., while 
a few red rockfish were caught with the trial lines. 
We left Tillamook at 11:15 a. m. for Cape Flattery. Three hauls of 
the trawl were made during the afternoon in 46, 27, and 55 fathoms be- 
tween the rock and Cape Disappointment, the character of the fauna 
being similar to that found off Tillamook in the same depths. Trial 
lilies were put over at each station without result. 
