upon them, that, in two
visits of four hours with but four guns, 100 brace were brought on
board.
I took care to follow my esteemed brother officers' example and the
system of introducing such productions, and obtained a dozen couple
alive for letting loose in Shark Bay.
[A coloured drawing of _Cereopsis Novae Hollandiae_ accompanied Captain
Denham's observations.]
| Trawl-seine, |
| or hook |
|How many | and line. |
|hawls and| Depth | Nature| Natural
| phase | of | of | History | Common |No. of|Pounds
Locality. |of [moon]| water.|bottom.| Names. | Names. |sorts.|weight.
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West side | 6 hawls | with seine. |Mugil |Mullet | 23| 28|
| | | | | | | |
Flinders | ... ... | 1/2 |... ...|Hemiramphus |Gar-fish | 10| 5|
Isl. | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
Settlement|[moon] } | 1 | Sand |{Platycephalus|Flat-head,| 3| 1|
| |fathom | | |small | | |
| | | | | | | |
Bay |14 days} | on | and |{Raia |Sting Ray | 2| 29|
| | | | | | | |
H.W.F. & |... ... }|a flat | weed |{Iulis |Small fish|Several|...|
C. [moon] | | | | |of the | | |
X. 30. | | | | |Basse | | |
| | | | |family | | |
| | | | | | | |
Range 10 | L.W. |... ...|... ...|Labrax |Basse | 1| 1|
ft. | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
East side | 7 hawls | with seine |{Myliobatis |Ray | 11|375|
of } | | (mar.). | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
Hummock } | [moon] |... ...|... ...|{Mugil |Mullet | 20| 30|
| |
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