mid berried ; together with a few shore crabs, one edible crab and one 
lesser weever. The first haul was a short one, the net got fast to a 
piece of wreckage or something of the kind. The second one was 
also a short one. The third haul was a complete one, and was the 
one measured. About 8 hours were devoted to the bay althogether. 
Blytii Bay, September 5th. — A haul was made in the afternoon 
of this day in fine weather, being the first trial with the “Stanley.” 
The record is given in Table II. It showed still a large proportion 
of very small fish. 
Dkuridge Bay, September 12th. — Another ideal day favoured 
us for this experiment. About 8i hours furnished the total of 811 
fish, including for the first time this season, a fair proportion of 
plaice measuring about or over 20 ins. in length. The dabs were 
also strikingly large. This day was note-worthy also because a 
number of turbot of G to 10 ins. were got — an unusual size for our 
trawling grounds — or at any rate for our catches on these grounds. 
There were also large and small soles. The gurnards, moreover, 
for the first time this season were freely caught by the line. The 
fishing was clean on the whole, but towards the end of the day's 
trawling some weed was picked up, including the usual mass of 
Amphipods — as pointed out in last year's report. A few anglers 
and dragonets were obtained during the day. Portunus hoi ant wt 
was caught as is so commonly the case in large numbers. Most of 
them had evidently been casting, and one berried female was 
observed. A four-armed common star-fish appeared in one of the 
hauls. 
Skate Roads, September 17th. — Dense fog in the morning pre- 
vented fishing at Goswiek Sands, but one haul was made at Skate 
Roads, see Table II. This catch was again accompanied by a great 
quantity of weed. So there was no help for it, but to leave this 
bay for this year ; and the record for the first haul on this and the 
Aug. 6th occasion are all we can offer in drawing attention to the 
results of the experiments. 
