THE ANNALS MAGAZINE OP NATUEAL HISTOEY. [SIXTH SERIES.] No. 24. DECEMBER 1889. LVI. — Iteport of a Deep-sea Trawling Cruise off the S. W. Coast of Ireland, under the Direction of E,ev. W. SpOTS-wooD Geeen, M.A., F.R.G.S. [Plates XVIII. & XIX.] Summary of the Cruise. By Rev. W. S. Geeen. Having for manj years been deeply interested in the marine fauna of our southern and western coasts, it was with much pleasure that, at the suggestion of Dr. Giinther, I this summer undertook a brief trawling cruise for the purpose of procuring specimens for the British Museum. Experience gained in three previous cruises to the deep water under the auspices of the Royal Irish Academy, in two of which I was associated with Prof. A. C. Haddon, whose company now and last year I missed sadly, and many years of trawling on the coast, enabled me to calculate fairly on what we were likely to get ; so I at once entered into negoti-ations with the Clyde Shipping Company, and chartered their steamer the ' Flying Fox ' for a week's trip, her skipper, Captain Tobin, and his crew being the same I had worked with on former occasions. Arriving at Queenstown on Friday the 28th of June, I set to work next day fitting the deep-sea gear into the ' Flying Fox.' For this purpose we brought her alongside the Royal Victoria Docks Passage West, where a crane was Ann. & Mag. N. Hist. Ser. 6. Vol. iv. 30
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