Woods Hole Oceanographic Institutioa 



THE OCEAN 



A GENERAL ACCOUNT OF THE 

 SCIENCE OF THE SEA 



BY 



SIR JOHN MURRAY 



K.C.B., F.R.S., LL.D., D.SC, PH.D. 



NATURALIST H. M. S. ** CHALLENGER," 1872-1876 



"MICHAEL SARS " NORTH ATLANTIC 



EXPEDITION, I 910 



Editor of " Challenger " Reporti ; Joint Author of " The Depths 

 of the Ocean^'' etc. 



OFFICE OF THE 

 RESEARCH LIBRARIAN 



NEW YORK . 

 HENRY HOLT AND COMPANY 



LONDON 

 WILLIAMS AND NORGATE 



