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- Station IX. — Surface, 14th April 1893. 3 eggs of dab, embryo well 

 round yolk ; 4 eggs of long-rough dab, early to advanced ; 6 eggs, 

 probably haddock, well advanced ; 8 eggs of green cod, embryo J round ; 

 16 eggs (?) lemon dab, over | round ; 4 eggs of sprat, over § round yolk. 



Station VII. --Surface, 17th April 1893. 10 eggs of rockling, embryo 

 \ round yolk ; 14 eggs of dab and flounder, embryo ^ round ; 5 eggs of 

 sprat, embryo ^ round ; 2 eggs of poor-cod, embryo § round ; 6 eggs of 

 cod, embryo well advanced ; 6 eggs of bib, well advanced ; 1 egg, 

 doubtful haddock, J round ; 1 egg of long rough dab. 



Station IV. — Surface, 17th April 1893. 7 eggs of rockling; 1 egg 

 of flounder ; 1 egg of haddock ; 1 egg of long rough dab. 



Station IV. — Surface, 17th April 1893. Larval coot; 2 larval sprats ; 

 2 post-larval Cotti, 6 mm. 



Station VII. — Bottom, 17th April 1893. 2 post-larval Gottus, 5 mm. ; 

 post-larval agonus, 7 mm.; 4 post-larval sand-eels, 8-1*4 mm.; 2 post- 

 larval clupeoids, 11 mm. 



Station VI. — Bottom, 18th April 1893. Eggs of cod and haddock in 

 abundance, cod hatching, haddock at an advanced stage ; eggs of dab 

 and rockling, well advanced and fairly abundant; eggs of whiting, a few, 

 embryo about § round yolk ; a few eggs of flounder, early stages ; 4 eggs 

 of plaice, nearly ready to hatch ; several eggs of gurnard, nearly ready to 

 hatch ; a few eggs of long rough dab, embryo \ round yolk. 



Station VI. — Surface, 18th April 1893. Eggs, closely resembling 

 those in Bottom-net. 



Siation II. — Surface, 19th April 1893. Abundance of eggs of sprat, 

 early stage ; with eggs of whiting and poor-cod ; eggs of cod in 

 abundance, and haddock, ready to hatch ; abundance of eggs of rockling ; 

 a few eggs of long-rough dab and plaice. 



Station III. — Surface, 19th April 1893. Eggs of sprat in abundance, 

 very early stage ; with eggs of whiting and poor-cod ; a few eggs of 

 flounder, embryo \ round ; a few eggs of rockling ; eggs of long-rough 

 dab ; eggs of cod ; eggs of haddock and plaice, mostly far advanced. 



Station I. — Surface, 20th April 1893. 33 eggs of rockling, embryo 

 little over \ round yolk ; 34 eggs of dab and flounder, embryo \ 

 round; 1 egg of plaice; 16. eggs of haddock, well advanced; 3 eggs of 

 gurnard, embryo \ round ; 36 eggs of cod and allies ; 29 eggs of bib, 

 embryo about \ round ; 20 eggs of poor-cod and whiting, all stages ; 6 

 eggs of long rough dab, advanced. 



Station I. — Surface, 20th April 1893. 4 post-larval sand-eels, 36 

 post-larval Cotti, 12 mm. : 1 post-larval pleuronectid, 7 mm. 



Station IV. — Bottom, 20th April 1893. 2 post-larval Agbni ; a 

 post-larval Motel la, 6 mm. 



Station V. — Surface, 21st April 1893. 1 egg of haddock, well 

 advanced ; 1 egg (?) brill ; 2 eggs of rockling. 



Cross-Section I. — Surface, 25th April 1893. 9 eggs of gurnard, 

 embryo about h round ; 20 eggs of long rough dab, embryo J to f ; 16 

 eggs of sprat, embryo early to J round ; 44 eggs of flounder and sprats, 

 embryo early to | round; 1 egg of little sole, early , 66 eggs of dab, 

 early to ^ round; 164 eggs (?) bib and green cod, various stages; 

 10 eggs of haddock, nearly round yolk; 270 eggs of cod and allies, 

 embryo \ round to hatching stage ; 600 eggs of whiting and poor-cod, all 

 stages 



Cross-Section I. — Surface, 25th April 1893. 8 gadoids, 6-5 to 7 '5 

 mm. ; 23 Cotti, 7'5 to 115 mm. ; 11 sand-eels, 10 to 13 mm. 



Cross-Section I. — Surface, between Stations II. and III. 12 gadoids, 

 5*5 to 9 mm. ; 16 sand-eels, 8 to 13 mm. ; 4 clupeoids, 11 to 12 mm. ; 

 44 Cotti, 7 to 12 mm. ; 3 gunnels, 15 to 16*5 mm. 



