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NOTES on the Collections made during the Cruise of 
the S.Y. “ARGO” up the WEST COAST’ of 
NORWAY in July, 1891. 
By W. A. Herpman, D.Sc., F.R.S., 
PROFESSOR OF NATURAL HISTORY IN UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, LIVERPOOL. 
With Plates VI. and VII. 
[Read 11th March, 1892.] 
I HAVE again to thank Mr. Alfred Holt for his kindness 
in giving me an opportunity of collecting marine animals 
by dredging and tow-netting from his steam yacht ‘“‘ The 
Argo.” After our experiences of the previous summer off 
the Irish Coast (see Trans. Biol. Soc., vol. V., p. 181), 
Mr. Holt considered it advisable to use a much stronger 
steel-wire rope, so he laid m 800 fathoms of No. 5 wire 
guage, with a breaking strain of 2600 lbs., nearly one and 
a quarter tons. This rope measured ?/,, inch in diameter, 
and consisted of 27 strands of wire round a central core. 
This proved sufficiently strong for our purpose, and every- 
thing worked so satisfactorily that we did not even lose a 
tow-net during the month’s cruise, while the collections 
made were considerable, as the records which follow will 
show. 
The apparatus taken consisted of the ordinary natural- 
ists’ dredges and trawls with hempen tangles, and tow- 
nets of various sizes. We had also a small tank of 
methylated spirits for the reception of large specimens, 
several cases of bottles, jars, and tubes, some small 
aquaria, microscopes, and the usual preserving and mount- 
ing re-agents and implements. Before starting I had 
made a small folding work table (see Pl. VII.) for use 
