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noticed were sojae tlCQr laollusks ( g^.st©ro:^>ds) , ai^ a coating of 
algae. Mosses, lichens, and fresh-water algae from a jaelt-water streaia 
were also gathered inj the iseases Berlesed for insects. 
Tiuse was not vouctoafed us for a dredge haul. It is true that with 
the trash and on the bottom left frtws the whaling days, we might 
have 
our dredge, but 
■r 
here by the 
would not have been difficult 
t 
there 
was 
to 
on 
turns of which 
been pretty 
« 
fishes were 
five were taken In the overnight set in 5 and 8 fathoms. Ttey rai^e in 
length from 11 to 21 Inches j tlie larger fish were in the trap set in 8 fss. 
Imr the shore before the old wrecked whale factory and try-works are 
a auBber of large steel tanks, rm%y to be sure. A co\Q)le of them have Md 
openings cut into them at grovasd level and are used as store houses. 
Should ever a “station" or laboratory be planned for Deception, it would 
be an easy matter to convert one or EK>re of tte remitting tanks Into lab- 
oratories and quarters. Cork insulation as we Mve it aboard the Staten 
Islai^, ports and doors cut in, two decks installed, would give one a very 
substantial, comfortable, already roofed buildings with a possible source 
of iteat hard by the door, and water or its Bsakinge close at hard* 
There is a well, back from the beach, in which the water has a tem- 
perature of 65 ^, but this is net for drinking, melt-water stream are 
everywhere, and anew and ice readily accessible. 
