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cruise extended mainly to the eastward of New England, and was undertaken in the joint interests of the Fish Commission and Hydrographic Bureau. Sounding was begun August 3, in search of the mythical Hope Bank, about 200 miles south of Halifax, N.S., but during a three days' search no shallow water could be found, the depths on the reported position of the bank ranging from 1930 to 2900 fathoms. After leaving Hope Bank, a line of soundings was run across the southern edge of the Grand Bank of Newfoundland, and a search was then instituted for another supposed bank, about 200 miles southeast of the Flemish Cap. The shoalest