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and some individuals were seen which conserved this colour, 
though nearly full-grown. 
While the ship swung at anchor here, in 20 fathoms, a small 
trawl and swahs were sent down on a muddy bottom and in brackish 
water. Arctums tuber osus^ the spineless variety of A. baffini, was 
in great numbers, together with very large Idotlieas and 
Boreonymylions. From the same locality came a very singular 
Ascidian, perhaps allied to Chelyosoma. 
Unhappily the deeper waters of Cumberland Gulf are still 
unexplored. 
On the 9th September the ship was again in Exeter Harbour, to 
the north of Cumberland Gulf, and anchored off a deserted English 
settlement there. Dredgings were conducted in 10 fathoms, on a 
stony bottom, but the catch was small. Astyris rosacea and 
Margarita olivacea were the most interesting forms. Four days 
later, off Cape Kaper, in 60 fathoms, the trawl and swabs were 
again worked on a bottom of sand and small stones. No less than 
10 species of Pycnogons were got here, three of which are 
apparently new to science. Crinoids were in great numbers, and 
include Antedon prolixa, and an allied species, which Canon 
Norman assures us is new : several stalked larvae of Crinoids were 
also got. Munnojpsis typica was abundant. But the most remark- 
able find was a single specimen of a Trichotropis, kindly identified 
for us by Canon Norman as T. bicarinata; a species only known 
from the North Pacific. 
On the 17th, in Eglinton Harbour, the trawl and swabs were let 
down in 15 fathoms on a muddy bottom. A handsome Amphipod 
allied to Ehachotropis aculeata, Lep., was found here, and a single 
specimen of the giant Ostracode Pliilomedia bairdi. Three 
Schizopods were collected here. My sis oculata, M. Qnixta, Lilljeb., 
and an undescribed species. Nymphon microrhynchwn and an 
undescribed species represented the Pycnogonida. The Mollusca 
were very numerous, and included Crenella decussata, Nucula tenuis, 
Leda minuta, Serripes greenlandieus, Pleurotoma exarata, Tricho- 
tropis borealis, &c. The Limacinse were of unusual size. 
A period of stormy weather followed, and the “ fall ” fishing 
was unsuccessfully prosecuted. 
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