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work, and also room for scientific work of a more delicate 
character. ‘There is a bridge-deck over the chart-room, 
on which is a wheel-house. ‘The ship is fitted with electric 
hght throughout, electric side, and mast-head lights, and 
with a powerful searchlight, which is placed on the 
bridge-deck forward. There are strong portable lights 
for use in the laboratory, and below hatches, and also for 
use on deck when trawling or doing scientific work in the 
dark. The vessel is provided with steam steering gear, 
the steering engines being situated aft over the rudder 
head. 
The laboratory is aft, and is provided with plenty of 
storage accommodation, bottle racks, cabinets for the 
storage of specimen bottles and tubes, lockers, drawers 
and cupboards. Beneath the laboratory is a large store- 
room entered through a hatch. ‘This is used for the 
storage of the more bulky scientific apparatus. Behind 
the laboratory is a large storeroom, entered through a 
hatch on the main deck. This is used for the storage of 
trawling gear, &c. There is a large dissecting table in 
the laboratory, and a smaller table provided with a large 
sink. Fresh water is laid on. Rough work, such as 
measuring and gutting fish, is done on the main deck in 
the lee of the deck-house. There is a large tub on the 
deck which can be kept filled with sea water from a pump, 
and portable tank accommodation is provided by means 
of which a fairly large number of fish can be kept alive. 
The vessel carries an otter-trawl on the port side, and 
a beam-trawl on the starboard side. The hauling gear 
consists of a large trawl winch on the main deck, on to 
which can be fitted an accessory friction-drive winch, 
which has several drums, each carrying a special steel 
wire.* ‘These are used for working the hghter apparatus, 
* This winch was ingeniously designed and constructed by 
Messrs. Robertson & Sons, Engineers, Fleetwood. 
