psotiag tripa with ths Stsaaar ilbatrosia ov&r tha ya<i@r 
44ae»@.si©a, as fallows? Aptli Wf to Sfeiy 1®,, Ifetf M to Jms 1, 
Amg. 27 to Sapts^sr 10, I914j third, a rislt to ths various 
fiahiag ports aloag the coast in the latter part of b f 
We, Drisooll, expert f laser mn in the eaploy of the Biircsao; 
aad fourth, a series of trials, July 11 to August 1 ?, conduct- 
ed out of Iswport, OregoB, from a lau^-^oh chartared for the 
purpose »: 
?ol looting a rsBUffls’ of the history of these *b-^ks® and a 
hrisf uarrmtive of the 1914 Albatross orulse, the rarlous 
•results* are set forth. These are embodied in two nfeirts aad 
five tables:, giviiig weather ooadltioBS during the days preseat 
oa the ■banks*, the results of the variosa •sets* for fish, the 
trials for aoallops, the yield of the banks since the beginning 
of the investigation, and the hydrographio stations sale, to- 
gether with an explanation or discussloa of each. 
'The principal chart, lo,. I, it is hoped, will prove one of 
the s»st valuable results of ths cruise in pi|jltraying the typo- 
graphy and character of ths bottom in what ie consldarsd the 
most readily uaderstaadabl® way by maaas of‘ contour lines and 
color washes. 
Eallbut fitheri^i, la particular, desire to know tbs depth 
conditions of 
bottoa with which 
chart is an attempt to satisfy this d^msid on their part. 
is hoped that it is to be but one of a 
waters visited by American offshore fishermen, 
ecathcm 
California northward to include 
Bering Sea 
chart, 5o. II* gives the location of all sound- 
md& in the course of the survey and together viith 
table preseats all hylrogiMiphlo data ©btained. 
