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organize an expedition during Whit-week, but most un- 
fortunately at the last moment when our party was 
assembled ready to embark for a 4 or 5 days cruise it was 
found to be so rough outside the river, and the telegraphic 
reports from Holyhead were so bad, that the captain and 
the officials of the Salvage Association reluctantly decided 
that it was not fit for the ‘‘ Hyzna”’ to go, so the expedi- 
tion was postponed for a few weeks. The decision, 
although disappointing at the moment, was a wise one, 
as it blew hard for the next three days, and even if the 
‘“‘Hyeena’’ had succeeded in reaching the north coast of 
Anglesey, our proposed destination, it was clear from the 
weather reports that we could have done no work there. 
A few of our party from other towns, who were to join us 
at Beaumaris, unfortunately did not hear of the change of 
plan in time and reached the Menai Straits next day by 
train, and spent a day or two there dredging in sheltered 
waters. 
A second time, a few weeks later, the party was organ- 
ized and all arrangements made, when a couple of days 
before the proposed start a disastrous collision occurred 
in the Mersey, a steamer was sunk, and the ‘‘ Hyena ”’ 
was consequently called off to her ordinary salvage duties. 
The Salvage Association most kindly offered to let us have 
the boat later in the summer, but we were unable to take 
advantage of it then, and must look forward to better luck 
and less boisterous weather next spring. 
Early in June the Sea Fisheries Committee, through 
their superintendent, Mr. R. A. Dawson, invited us along 
with some of the Southport Biologists to organize a single 
day dredging trip in their new Fisheries steamer ‘‘ The 
Mavis.” On this occasion (June 20th) we had beautiful 
weather, and did a good deal of dredging and tow-netting 
in the neighbourhood of Southport. ‘The party consisted 
