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an ordinary tide, that all but one had to land, and the boat was hauled 
along by a rope against the incoming tide. 
This beautiful lough is worthy of a detailed investigation, both from 
a physical and biological point of view. 
That night we anchored in Baltimore Harbour. On the 8th we 
left Baltimore for Dursey Sound, as the latter is the more convenient 
starting-point for a westerly run, and we were waiting for the swell to 
quiet down somewhat, it being our intention to stay a night or two at 
sea if at all practicable. 
"We had to put into Schull for bread and meat, and there we landed 
Mr. C. E. Robinson, C.E. of Torquay, who had accompanied us thus 
far. After trawling through Long Island Sound, we visited Crook- 
haven, a spot which Dr. E. Perceval "Wright many years ago found to 
be a rich collecting-ground for Sponges and Coelenterates. ( Vide 
British Association Beport for 1858, and Gosse's Actinologia Brittan- 
nica, 1860, pp. 214 and 292.) "We merely trawled with the Agassiz 
trawl off the Coastguard Station, and found the dense black mud there 
to be alive with innumerable specimens of Philine. Twelve species of 
Decapod Crustacea occurred — Inachus dorynchus, Pirimela denticulata, 
Galathea andrewsii, and other common forms. Bounding Brow and 
Mizen Heads, we crossed the mouth of Bantry Bay : from a depth 
of 37|- fathoms we dredged OphioglypJia affinis, and the new species 
of Halcampa, H. arenarea, which we first discovered last year, at the 
mouth of Kenmare River {cf. Pirst Report, loc. cit., p. 616); also another 
specimen of the form which was named Chitonactis (?) expansa {loc. cit.., 
p. 616); but for which the new genus of Paraphellia will be pro- 
posed (''Revision of the British Actiniae," Trans. R. D. Soc, 1888). 
A small anemone which could not be identified was dredged that 
evening in Dursey Sound. The body was buff-coloured, with longi- 
tudinal white lines, the capitulum the colour of red lead, and the 
tentacles translucent white. It may be a variety of Sagartia coccinea 
(MiiU.) 
The weather looking promising, we decided to make an early start 
next day for the deep water, and the decks were cleared for action. 
At 5 A.M., on Friday, 9th July, we left Dursey Sound, and steamed 
west half south of Dursey Head. About eleven o'clock we trawled 
in 108 fathoms, and brought up the first living specimens of the 
widely-distributed Porocidaris papillata which any of us had seen. 
N'umerous Echinus microstoma and a few Spatangus rascJii also came 
up. On the latter were numerous specimens of a Caprella. Galathea 
