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PAPERS FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF MARINE BIOLOGY. 



The discrepancy between the calculated and directly observed percent- 

 age of CaS0 4 in both samples is probably to be accounted for by greater 

 solubility of the CaS0 4 than of the carbonates under the conditions in which 

 they both exist in the sands. The sulphate in the calculated results is derived, 

 as will be seen from the tables, almost entirely from the alga?. The deter- 

 minations of the composition of algae were made on fresh material, while 

 the sands have lain for some time, in their disintegrated condition and free 

 from their organic covering, in ocean water. 



BOTTOM SAMPLES FROM THE BAHAMAS. 

 The Bahaman samples represent the following conditions: 



(1) The area just behind the barrier reef off Cocoanut Point, Andros Island. These 



samples are Nos. 190 to 193. The general position of the area from which they 

 were obtained is indicated on the small-scale map, plate 95, and the more precise 

 position is shown on the map, figure 3. 



(2) The finely divided mud accumulating in stagnant areas in South bight, bampie 



No. 79, see plate 95. . , „ . 



(3) The finely divided, oolitic mud forming off the west end of South Bight, bample 



No. 87, see plate 95. ■ 



(4) Shore material, subject to tidal overflow on the west side of Andros Island, near tne 



mouth of South Bight. Sample No. 83, see plate 95. 



Channel obstructed by 

 Dangerous coral heads '0 



3 



% « 



10 



Unreliable^ 

 Fixed White. 

 visible 10 -&^.>' 



miles"'' 



,„ bottom |() £-"V 



CSV , 



, heads ..- - % 



o 



Village of %.;» 

 Cocoa-nut Pointy "^ 



X Good anchorage 



Fig. 3. — Map of Bethel Entrance, Andros Island, Bahamas. 

 Position of light, Lat. 25° 8" N., Long. 78 o' 30" W. From a plane-table survey by Alfred G. Mayer, May 1914- 



