NATURAL HISTORY 

 TRANSACTIONS 



OF 



NORTHUMBERLAND AND DURHAM. 



I. — Reports of Deep Sea Dredging on the Coasts of Northumberland 

 and Durham, 1862-4. Edited by George S. Beady. (Plates 

 I-YII, X.) 



It is, doubtless, well known to most of our members tbat, during 

 three successive years, grants of money have been made by tbe 

 British Association, for the purpose of prosecuting deep sea dredg- 

 ing on the Dogger Bank and the coasts of Northumberland and 

 Durham. The amount granted was £25 each year, but in 1863 

 only a portion of the grant (about £17) was expended, while in 

 other years the original amount was considerably increased by 

 grants from the Natural History Society and the Field Club, as 

 well as by private contributions, so that an aggregate of nearly 

 £120 has been expended on the three years' operations. The 

 proper appropriation of money thus granted involves, of course, 

 a considerable amount of hard work, and brings with it not a 

 little responsibility and anxiety to those who are entrusted with 

 it. The elements are capricious, particularly upon this exposed 

 north-eastern coast. We are often kept waiting week after week 

 on the look-out for a smooth sea and favourable winds, and when 

 at last we fancy that we have surely got into a seam of fine 

 settled weather, we venture out some balmy morning on the glassy 



