42, LIVERPOOL 
DATE. TEMP. OF SEA, TEMP. OF AIR. 
1889. max. min. 
Janie lose ese ASO 105 coaseo ABO 30 
SA oes a AY \oocae 50° 45°. 
ee MB es ces ADO Me arent 429 34° 
Oe os ADO noso0c 44° 39° 
REDS Fi sctnaes ANTEC ae anne 3859 280 
can Able aoaaee 40° BY 0 
iawn eeNoeist AO SO - sodoo 52° 440 
Soma Di Nese oitse ANON Ts seaaas 39° 33° 
Whaye, 8B cosoe ARIEODD Naw natiie 38° 29° 
ee (ee CRY | goon 47° 35° 
et by ileeneaee AABN ease ee 51° 39° 
Apr al aeaer UON | Snnn6 50° 37° 
== MOM aes CS estes oe 42° 36° 
SD ic ner MO csocae H40 35° 
Wasy © secone AOR Bree. 649 48° 
== I covose OOS ose’ 649 459 
BOX jean HOO ogee ts 60° 49° 
June 13 ...... BOF eondee 60° 49° 
a ee IXY Gancse 68° 56° 
a eee ida” caodoo 640° bbe 
SS Xe scocon Ole Team 65° 58° 
Mulvey Gees B90" Test 62° 449 
== BB sconce ORDO) ace 63° 50° 
ANUS CA Aanaae G1 eran 64° 50° 
== WD soococ GOEHO cooane 60° 49° 
==. Qos GOS e558: 61° 49° 
Septy 4 meres: SHO anon 62° 45° 
— WF soooce Bo. saan 60° 50° 
== Bl snocoe ESO ooedac 56° 847° 
Oct Aah a 20 aaa ees 57° = 449 
==> WG sroase OUT yak. 55o 
DN assoc AOR Any 49° 
BIOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 
CONDITION OF SEA. 
Water clear. 
Sagitta so abundant in all the 
surface tow-nettings both day 
and night, but especially the 
latter, as to obscure all else. 
Water becoming dirty (Coscino- 
discus concinnus). 
Sagitta and Calanus finmarchicus 
abundant. 
Water very dirty. No use tow- 
netting. 
Same condition continued for 
some time. 
Water clearing a little. 
Water still too dirty for tow- 
netting. 
Water clear again, Many larval 
Crustacea. 
Brown gelatinous matter ap- 
pearing. 
Gelatinous matter in abundance. 
Gelatinous matter very thick. 
Water still full of gelatinous 
matter. 
First appearance of vivid phos- 
phorescence at night. 
Meduse in abundance. 
Small Meduse in abundance. 
Meduse still abundant. 
Still some Coscinodiscus concinnus. 
Water very turbid. 
Water clear. Good tow-netting. 
Ctenophora (Pleurobrachia) in 
great numbers. 
Ctenophora and Sagitta very nu- 
merous. 
Water very dirty. Tow-netting 
impracticable. 
Tow-net choked with Ctenophora. 
Ctenophora still numerous; also _ 
Sagitta and larval Decapods. 
Shoals of Herring round the 
island. 
Water very dirty. 
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