New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-12

I'm the mean time. the ranges having been
taken the drcdge has gone down again and ihe
scientists wait with patience the tale OF the
neNt haul. \ few more hake and squld or Two
add q lttlc yar.ct- to Tire contents O. the net
Otherwise thc m.turc o. blue mId fields no,h-
ing .o di~c~crt;a-o P. from other haul. A.tcr
luncheon it is decided to try the otter travD
This Is a long net attached TO two boards IN sHcn
"A way that they flare out on either side "nen
drawn through the water. stretching thc mouth
TO width Of perhaps thirty feet Having mo-
stiff beam on II. IT weighs little and scoops Up
no mud Its action is like tha, OF seine drawn
BIS men I'm boats except that lt works on the
bottom instead of the top. There was not par
tclc Of mud IN the net when u revealed It's 500
crcts but plenty Of slippery, squlrmlng fish,
That's gertlemen's fishing" said the skipper
NO mud" DR.. Townsend cleaned of shelf
in the laboratory and spread open his book
upon them preparatory to identifying any
strange species which might have been taken by
,hc new trawl. When the results Of "Station
al63" were spread out 1T was found that 1t con
tanned in addition to giant horseshoe crab, 81
spotted founders - winter founders. skates
one busho of spider crabs. Is large hake, one Of
which was twenty-thrce inches long, 20 young
hakc from four 70 SIX inches long; II whiting
from four to fifteen inches long. and rocking
IT was haul that would have pleased fisher
man and IT demonstrated that an otter trawi
would take marketable fish in considerable num-
bcrs but 1t did not tax Or. Townsend's technical
equipment
Haul alter haul was made until the golden sun
sank to the sea level. when the Fish Hawk passed
around Eaton's Neck and dropped anchor for the
light in the waters Of beautiful Huntngto'
l.arbor.
For nearly two weeks the Fish Hawk hobnobhcd
with the inhabitants of Long Island Sound, calling
upon them in every port west OF Bridgeport. In
all. seventy hauls made. 1t is now known
scientifically that no sea serpents or other mon
stcrs threaten the occupants Of the many points
that reach out toward each other from both sides
Of the Sound. There startling discover
les of marine life to science. The hdu!s
already described were good samples. both as
regards kinds Of life and quantities found every
where.
I'VE could not dredgc close in shore, whe"
many species spawning. because OF t1e
oyster beds" said Dr. Townsend. "Doubtlet-. IT
we could have come out here later IN the year or
i'm the winter. when the fish retreat to the bottom
and are more sluggish, we would have secured
richer hauls However. know what KIND OF
fish are to be found in the Sound in June and that
there are quantities Of invertebrates in the mud
for the fish to feed upon
The survey interesting not only because OF
the possibility sof discovering new supplies OF
edible fish. but zoologicaly. With each haul the
teupernturc Of the water at the surlacc and at
t'c bottom was taken and samples Of water at both
points were obtained for the purpose of learning
IT'S salinity. The depth was sounded at inter
yals and the nature of the bottom noted. The
samples Of water were numbered to correspond
with the station number" and, together vita