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and Xantho florida. There were several repulsive-looking Pyenogonida, 
and numerous other invertebrates, the most beautiful among which 
was a delicate lilac- coloured Eolis, three-quarters of an inch in length, 
probably Coryphella landshurgii. A couple of fork -beard hake {Phycis 
hlennoides)^ and three brilliant-red Seiastes norvegicus represented the 
vertebrates. 
There appears to be a submarine ridge extending considerably out 
to sea from the headland between Bray Head (Yalentia Island), and 
Bolus Head, of which Puffin Island, Lemon Eock, Little Skellig, Great 
Skellig, and the "Washerwoman Rock are higher or lower peaks : the 
submarine portion is probably not exactly like a rocky ridge on land, 
but it is certainly hard ground, and seems to be particularly favourable 
for marine life, and it is possible that this area will be found to be one 
of the richest all round the British coast, or at least one supporting a 
most luxuriant Pauna within ready access. 
The weather was getting worse and worse, and Mr. Perrott, who 
was as usual working the donkey-engine, was continually deluged with 
seas over the bow. By eleven o'clock it was deemed prudent to run 
back to Yalentia, and the afternoon was quietly spent by some in pre- 
serving, in the pouring rain, the captures of the forenoon. 
Although the gale was still blowing, on "Wednesday morning an 
attempt was made to get on to the ground of the previous day, and as 
the sea moderated, a trial was made six and a-half miles west of the 
Great Skellig. Unfortunately, our valued curved dredge became jammed 
in the submarine reef, and the handles were torn away, leaving the 
dredge below. Dredging being found impossible in the open water, 
it was decided to make for Kenmare Eiver, and to anchor that night 
in Dursey Sound, so as to be ready for a last attempt at the deeper 
water. 
Thursday, July 15. As the wind had moderated, we started at 
5 A.M., and steamed along a west-south-west course. At breakfast- 
time we were called up to witness a school of Dolphins. The swim- 
ming and leaping movements of these shapely Cetaceans and their 
metallic lustre were greatly admired ; their grace, power, and celerity 
of motion, were quite a revelation of the possibilities of aquatic ex- 
istence. 
About 9.30 we lowered the Agassiz trawl, some thirty miles from 
Dursey Head, in 93 fathoms. By eleven o'clock the trawl was on 
board, with Dorocidaris papillata, Echinus microstoma, Spatangus raschi, 
Ophiothrix liitkeni^ a beautiful mass of Filigrana implexa, and one 
specimen of the nodulated Actinian attached to the shell of a Pinna. 
