New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-08-21

stasns+rrr ~ c,n.nh.gen and Michael Sars OK
Ch,;s.;aaa -. ,ha ooast. of Scandinavia, those OF
Prof sara heo;ncino IL, 1870 being OF prime import
apce Mr. McAndrew, 1850 10 1000 urcuso" A' ~
Canary Jslauds 10 the North Cape; the Telegraph
cable oneratiops, beginning with that OF 1891, III
voIved some dredging DIR. Waihch, win OF hco-
mold McClintock. in voyage TO Iceland oroonianu
and Newfoundland in 1860 did valuable ser'i0o sa
so,s d,edpngs were reported to the British Associs
.on from 1858 10 1865 comprising fauna of Britisn
Coasts down to the 100 fathom line; Prof Perceva
Wright and NJ Barboza du Bocage In 1858 on the
coast of Portugal and Mr. Marshall Hall In 1911 on
the coasts of Portugal and Spain, are among Tie
more recent laborers abroad, IN this neld.
To these I may add the following: ProI D. 4.
Xhteayes of Montreal has carried on extensive anu
productive Investigations to depth oil 0Vo is'hois
IN Tho C,plf Of ST. Lawrence under the auspices OF
the Canadian Government. Among foreign expior-
atoms there should also be mentioned that OF the
Raltc Sea. in the Pomerania; the Swedish expiora-
lions of the North Atlantic in the Josephine by Dts
r. A. Smith and A. Ljungman of Prot. Mobius IN the
Bay of Kiel by Jarschinsh on the coast Oh Lap
land and in the White Sea; by DR.. Schmu III inc
Adratc; by Dr. G.. o. Sars of the Loioden isianuS'
by NJ Verkrusen off the coast OF Iceland anu 'no
German Polar expeditions III the Germania anu
Hansa. -,
DIR. VIM. Stimson, originally of Cambridge, MASS
and student under Agassiz, who was, during many
of his latter years, the Secretary OF Chicago AGA
DENY of Sciences, began dredging in 1850 on Urand
Menan ON the coast of New-Brunswick, and maze
similar expeditions in succeeding years, among
which the cruise of the Betsey from New-forK 10
the BAY of Fundy Is remarkable. Great ADDITIONS
to scientific knowledge were secured by his exer-
lions He dredged also in the North PACING Explor-
ing Expedition under Ringgold and Rogers. One Oh
bs expeditioDs was to the coast of North Carolina;
bis two last were in the Gulf of Mexico
most of the collections from which were burned
in the flames Of Chicago. Prof. Ferrlfs record
in dredging is long one, his investigations extend
ing about Mount Desert in 1860, and in the Bay OF
Fundy and on the coast of Labrador in 1852 1863 1854
1868, and 1870. Dr. A. S. Packard, Mr.. 5. l. Smith
of Yale. and Prof. II. Z. Webster of Union College,
shared largely in the latter expeditions Prof. Yer
rl takes out class of Yale students every year to
dredee in Long Island Sound. Mr.. G. b. Fuller OF
Portland has done much work in Casco Bay and ex-
tended his researches along the coast up to the Bay
of Fundy. The Investigations of Alex. Agasslz
with the surface trawl, although resulting in dis
coveries of the highest scientific value can scarcely
be enumerated with dredging expeditions. Inc
readers of THE TRIBUNE are familiar with the dis
coverfes of the voyage Of the Hassler around Cape
Horn. The labors of the u S. Fish Commission In
clude the dredging operations on the U. 3. steamer
Baehe in the vicinity of ST. Georges Banks, in lS12
NV Messrs s. l. Smith, Oscar Harger and Dr. A.
Packard; and those under Profs. Baird, Verrlll,
Smith. and Todd, in 1871 in Martha's Vineyard
Sound and Buzzards Bay, and in 1872 in the Bay OF
Fundy. with headquarters at Eastport, Me.