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time to April 26th she was constantly engaged in this 

 work, and obtained 329 collections on 23 working days. 

 During that period we have the yacht gatherings taken 

 at various stations (see fig. 2) out at sea (up to 12 miles 

 N.W. of Bradda Head), and also the " official " gatherings 

 taken across the Bay. After April, Mr. Dakin, from a 



Fig. 1. — S.Y. "Ladybird" on a Plankton cruise at Easter, 1908. 

 From a photo by Edwin Thompson. 



small sail-boat, continued the work at sea in a modified 

 form from May 3rd to July 1st inclusive. The 

 " Ladybird " took collections again almost daily from 

 August 3rd to 11th (147 gatherings in 8 working days). 

 After that date we have only the official gatherings in the 

 Bay up to the end of the year. 



