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Cambois Bay, July 11th. — The first haul of one hour-antl- a-lialf 
furnished the catch detailed in Table II. Other two hauls were 
made — the time given altogether being 4f hours. The fish caught 
were remarkable in (1) the large number of young and undersized, 
(2) the small number of keepable plaice here as compared with the 
adjoining Blyth Bay, (8) the general large size of the dabs as com- 
pared with the latter bay. A sandy ray was included in the catch 
of the last haul, with a dragonet and a large plaice. The Portunus 
holsatus caught included a few berried females, and one ripe male. 
Alnmouth Bay, July 25tli. — Four hauls were made in 8 hours, 
the first one lasting one hour 20 minutes — see Table II. The 
weather was excellent. The subsequent hauls to the first continued 
to give small fish in great numbers. Once or twice a great many 
jelly-fishes were captured. Two Cutties quadricornis were obtained; 
a small lemon dab was included in the last haul ; Portunus holsatus 
was as usual fairly plentiful, some berried, some soft. A fair 
number of the plaice were about medium in size, but these were 
greatly out-numbered by the smaller sizes. 
Druridge Bay, August 1st. — One haul was made here in the 
afternoon, see Table II., and included many Portunus holsatus, a 
few of which were observed to be soft, some 8 Corystes cassivelaunus , 
and a few Cyprina islandica. 
Skate Roads, August 6th. — We started early in the morning, 
and trawled from 7 to 8. There was an easterly swell, showing 
signs of increasing. Table II. shows that only small fish were 
caught, and as these were accompanied by a large mass of weed, 
we were again obliged to stop the experiment in that bay. This 
haul furnished in addition, 2 small edible crabs, 8 Cyprina islandica, 
Ilyas coarctatus, and a small dab (1-j- in.) 
Druridge Bay, August 6th. — Six hauls were given to this bay, 
the first haul occupying one hour ten minutes, and the result of this 
haul is detailed in Table II. The catch other than fish gave still a 
good deal of weed, including small Galathea, and several Cyprina 
islandica. Four of these latter were opened, and one of them con- 
tained the parasitic Malacobdella. Edible crabs were fairly common. 
A berried Ilyas coarctatus was also got with a large collection of 
sponge and zoophyte on her carapace. 
Alnmouth Bay, August 14th. — In contrast to the previous week, 
the weather was now all that could be desired, and the sea perfectly 
smooth. The fishing was the cleanest we had experienced this year. 
There was an immense number of Portunus holsatus, soft, casting 
