BULLETIN OF THE UNITED STATES FISH COMMISSION. 155 
43.— REPORT ©F THE MOVEMENTS AND OPERATIONS OF THE 
FISH COMMISSION STEAMER ALBATROSS FROM SEPTEMBER 
15 TO 20 , 1887. 
By JLieut.-Commasicler Z. L. TAMEE, U. §« Navy, Coinmaiidiiig. 
At 7 a. in., the 15th instant, we cast off from the wharf at the Colum- 
bian Iron Works and Dry Dock Company and proceeded down the 
river, having on board one naturalist, Mr. Thomas Lee. We were 
detained off Thomas’s Point about four hours by grounding — no dam- 
age done. We passed the capes of the Chesapeake at 5 a. m. the fol- 
lowing morning and stood to the eastward. The weather was clear 
with a strong east-northeasterly breeze which caused a moderate head 
sea. At 2.40 p. m. (latitude 36° 52' north, longitude 74° 23' west) we 
cast the trawl in 958 fathoms br. Oz. It came up at 6.10 with no indi- 
cations of having been on the bottom; a number of interesting speci- 
mens were obtained from intermediate depths. Several steamers were 
sighted during the day standing to the southward. 
At 5.10 a. m. on the 17th (latitude 37° 35' north, longitude 74° IP west) 
we sounded in 352 fathoms, wh. S. and P., Hyd. No. 1090, and at 7.30 cast 
the lead in 811 fathoms, gy. M. (latitude 37° 34' north, longitude 73° 58' 
west) and put the trawl over, the result being a number of fish, crusta- 
ceans, cup corals, and mollusks. We sounded again at 11.26 in 1,011 
fathoms, br. Oz. (latitude 37° 40' north, longitude 73° 50' west) and put 
the trawl over, but in heaving in the dredge-rope parted losing the 
trawl and its appurtenances and about 6 fathoms of rope. Another 
haul was made at 3.49 in 852 fathoms, bu. M. (latitude 37° 44' north, lon- 
gitude 73° 57' west), securing one octopus, a number of cup-corals, penat- 
ulas, shrimp, shells, lithodes, hake, red hake, and a number of cory- 
phsenoids. At 6.25 we made the last haul for the day in 865 fathoms, 
gn. M. (latitude 37° 46' 30" north, longitude 73° 56' 30" west), bringing 
up a few crustaceans and a large number of cup corals. The large sur- 
face net was used successfully during the day. 
' On the 18th, at 5 a. m., we made a hydrographic sounding in 255 
fathoms wh. S. and P. (latitude 38° 3P north, longitude 73° 15' west). 
At 8.06 cast the trawl in 1,155 fathoms, gy. Oz. (latitude 38° 3P north, 
longitude 72° 53' west). It came up at 10.56— a water haul. Three more 
hauls were made during the day in from 554 to 102 fathoms, gn. M., be- 
tween latitude 38° 3P and 38° 42' north, and longitude 73° 05' 15" and 73 3 
05' 45" west, obtaining 12 pole flounders, 10 specimens of Macrurus, a 
few crustaceans, shells, a few hake, whiting, shrimp, sponges, 1 skate’s 
egg, sea-anemones, star-fish, and 1 octopus. The surface net was towed 
whenever practicable. The weather continued pleasant with light 
easterly winds. During the day a whale and a school of porpoises were 
seen near the ship. 
