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information of the Hydrographic Office, 3 taraau of Equipment,Davy 
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completed the examination of Tug Brother Beef,the ship 
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Laysan Island early on the morning of the 16 th ultimo. The contem¬ 
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were devoted to towing-the surface nets and on one occasion an hour 
at ]l: 00 ,p.m.,and an hour and a half at daylight,were spent in the 
same experiments. From these triads it appears,a result corroborated 
by others about the Hawaiian group proper,later than, those formerly 
mentioned,that- pelagic life is at a minimum during'; the daylight 
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and most of the naval officers of the ship were sent on shore,the 
latter to make a survey of the island. Messrs Cnyder and Fisher were 
detailed to form a collection of the birds of the island and took, 
up their quarters at the residence of the Manager of the Pacific 
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