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Part III — Eighth Annual Report 
Wind, Weather, and 
other Observations. 
Taken at 7'40a.m. 
Wind, E. by N., 
force, 3; weather 
rather hazy and 
damp ; sea smooth ; 
tide, about 4 hours 
ebb ; transparency, 
3 fathoms ; baro- 
meter, 29-95. 
At beginning — 
Wind, E. ; force, 
3 ; weather, over- 
cast, hazy ; sea 
smooth ; transpar- 
ency, 3 3 fathoms ; 
tide, about 1 hour 
ebb ; barometer, 
29-90. 
Invertebrate 
Fauna, &c, 
brought up in 
Trawl Net. 
Number and Size of Fish. 
Inches! 
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. . . . . . . i— i . . . : t 
No. 
: :<no :<n-* : :co : :t^os ; cn : r-t ; : cm <x> ;ho : 
Inches 
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No. 
■how • oo to cm :os • i— i h h n r- 1 irs - • — i * • io co r— i co co t-i 
t-I .r-t ■ . . i-h O lO 
pH 
Inches 
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HH 1 HH i-H r-t HH 
No. 
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0O f-I r-li-H r-H 
Description of Take. 
Starry ray, 
Plaice, . 
Common dabs, 
Lemon soles, . 
Long rough dabs, . 
Haddocks, 
Whitings, 
Hake, 
Common gurnards, 
Dragonet, 
Pogge, . 
Cat-fish, ' 
Common dabs, 
Lemon soles, 
Long rough dabs, . 
Witch soles, . 
Haddocks, 
Whitings, 
^Pelagic Fauna, Spawn, 
and young Fish. 
Surface-net. — Cope- 
pods, fr.; Sagittce and 
Tomopteris, f. 
Tow-net at8faths. — 
Copepods, fr.; Sagittce, 
f r. ; Medusids, and 
Balani (free swimming 
stage), fr.; and young 
fish, f. 
Tow-nctting similar 
to Station IX. trawled 
shortly before this one. 
Temperature. 
Water. 
-g s 
44-8 
10 
fath. 
44-0 
22 
fath. 
Sur- 
face. 
p 
cb 
Air. 
Dry 
Bulb. 
W. 45-0 
N.E.47-0 
Station, 
Date, and 
Time Trawl 
down. 
Station VII. 
17th May 
1889, 7.40 to 
7.50 a.m. 
Station 
VIII. 
16th May 
1889, steered 
south-west 
4.7 to 5.7 
p.m. 
