disposed of th\is, flio Kooiiookarra had 
liei luni, and steaiaed steadily siawaiil. 
Ttip Ret'ond draj was tried when we had 
marly doubled our distance from the 
•bore', and the "lead” showed an extia 
ten talhoins of watei ; the farthest ilra ;4 
was attempted at an esUmated distance of 
Id iniles off shore, lint Tasmaniii must 
hjive "tilted" suddenly, for with all onrllOi) 
fathoms of line out, the depth there was 
too great for out dredges to "bite.” Even 
t.'C little dredge bihin.!—with the weight 
o the biieke! dredge in front to give it 
every elinnee- eaiiie up pni|)ty i The only 
tl. ng taken was a delirnte I'ink-eolonred 
saliii, eight or nine inches long, lying 
aeioss the handle of the first dredge, and 
that fell overboard before Ihe dredge 
eonid be secured; but after desperate ex- 
erlioe.s, and with Ihe aid of a long boat¬ 
hook, was “resetied" fiom the deep! 
This was to have been onr last drag, 
but the skipiH'r had not the heart to take 
11 , back '.vitiioiit one drag at the limit of 
our line, .so alioni a eoiiple of miles fur¬ 
ther in the engines were stopped, and ive 
tiled again with nioie siiceess. tlie lead 
line giving a little over !)0 fathoms. 
The afternoon was getting on. It was 
a good steam b.iek lo Cole’s Hay, with ii 
couple of fishing iiarties to he picked lip 
at Schoiirc-n Island. So we had to go— 
and went with mixed feeiiiigs of regret 
•it having been able to explore so I ttle 
in that de-per w.ator (.lOI to GIM) tecti 
yet with pleasurable aiitieipations 'f 
sinoot.h water and a steady (leek on tlia 
sheltered side of the Peninsula, wliic'i 
was rather nttia-live alter five lioins 
“oiilsi.Ie." 
'Vben passing again thioiigh tlie 
rtchniiteii passage the deep-sea bucket 
dredge was iinsbnckled, and the large 
dredge sliackled nil ill its plaee. and 
w- eie the ebaiiliel broadened out, aim 
• he sounding line gave 17 fathoiiis, it was 
seat over for a try: for in sucli iiarrnii 
viiters, where the tide rims strnngiv. 
rich hauls arc snmotiiues to be obtained. 
Put it bad not been towing iiinn 
minutes wlien ibe Ian; lint suddei.it 
"gave,” and diiiggi'd limply bebind. The 
diedge had eaiiglit npoii sonie obstriietiim 
below, and the steel-wire rope smippcd ' 
We could onl.v wind in the line, and. 
perfnice, leave the dredge, perhaps *er 
some future unohor to entch in and bring 
again to the surface. 
tinly once before, 1 believe, have th.» 
Tasmanian wnteis been dredged to the 
deuths reached by the Field Xatnralists’ 
rarty on Mareh 26, iind that was on 
N'essrs. May and lledley's memorahle trip 
off Cape Pillar, ahont three years ago 
ITpon this oceasion the intention was to 
test the range and ilistriliiition of the 
.arioiis species in the deepening wafers, 
and for that reason the successive drags 
were tried at -III, .iO, Cl) fathoms, and so 
on: but one short day’s work was alto- 
geti.er insutticient tor such a ta.sk. One 
-hurt drag, scooping a width less than 
2It. widf‘- and that only for a short dis- 
ta;fc-at each HI tallioms’ depth, was 
altogether inaihsinate to show what was 
really there. Some indieation of r*))'"’’ 
mi.s obtaineil, bat we can only say "This 
was drciigcd at -HI fathoms, and no speci¬ 
men obtained at 1)0 tarhoms. _ Hut with 
olilv one drag at i ach depth it could not 
),(, asserted ihiil any i)arlicnhir species 
did Titd extend lo dypli'is in which _we 
got no ■.peciineii of it. If a suhsid. 
could be obtained, a small steamer cliart 
(■red. and a week dcioted to systi’inatic 
dredging, really iiselul and inosl interest¬ 
ing work could be done, and a good idea 
oIdai)ied of tbe dis*ributioii. etc., of the 
different stieeies, molltisea, Crustacea, iind 
ofier life. olV onr Sontliein Tiismaniii'i 
ennst. 
Tlie bottom diag'ged on tbe 26th of 
'Marcli was sandy, covered wiWi debris oi 
'■rokeii nolyzca.'biit anpiirenlly not ver; 
iilentirnlly strewn with sbells, the most 
mail rial being brniigbt np from between 
to and rdl fnllioms. .\s the sea deepijne'l 
the sen-floor 1 ('camo a softer. less deented 
sand, until at 30 fathoms it was alniost 
a muddy ela.i in a(ipearnnee, still mixed 
with t ie same tnnken pnlyzna and shells. 
Pare and inler(‘slitig specimens of nvanv 
i'epp-'vater moltiisca w(*re obtained tty 
lielagie t’teiopoda. sliells that arc liteial¬ 
ly "a child of the wandering sens, own¬ 
ing II 1 enastliiie with its resti’iiining laiige 
cf denth. I >iic of these (('avolina trispiu- 
(•-ai was inns)' notieiaibh' from its peciiluu’ 
shape, having a stout siiike on eirhe" 
siile, and then tapeiing off to ii long tail. 
There were laiga eli iii-while Hrachiopods 
llam- shells), deep-water .Maiginella.s 
(familiarly known lo childreii as ‘‘wBieat 
grcins’’i. and a Triton, the fii-st .spec mmi 
r. ^^a.v iin-j alive. Tii a<l(U- 
Mnn lo tlw' more rare dePT)-\vater mnl- 
Inups were fine RDeeiioetis of more ordi¬ 
nary siMTirs, turrliellaH, etc.; but a 
most noticeable feature was tbe pro 
\ab*ncf' of pmill spee’e«. Xot one lar^e 
or even luediuni-sized shell was dredse 1 
’bat <uv The b^rqjesl I lemeinber was 
a deatl *iT>ooinu'n of a yoan^r volute— 
pupareatiy V. prpilosa. 
The same roinnrlv applies to t:be Crusta¬ 
cea- There wa'* TV’t a single lar^e oue 
taieii. alil)')n;»b tbe iinlividnal creatures 
se'-ured iiiav he ^nial speciniei:s of tb^iT* 
•^jirtimlar £»enera; the {Treat majority 
*nVen h^doiiu; to the division Anornoura. 
I ohstev-likr <tj»latlu*i<la (melius Muniila' 
\ve’’e plentiful hel ween 10 and HO fathoms. 
Pri-Tht red Uermil crabs, with peacock- 
blue eves (f’vo species of tlte family 
PajjiindaO were verv numerous; indeed, 
their number apneared to be only limited 
by tbe nuinboT of uiin alve sbells available 
