388 



"ALBATROSS" TROPICAL PACIFIC EXPEDITION. 



173 



174 



175 

 176 



178 

 179 



Date. 



1899. 



Nov. 4 



Nov. 



Position. 



Latitude Longitude 

 South. West. 



18 



18 28 



18 03 

 17 54 



17 51 



17 46 

 17 35 



146 32 



117 11 



147 48 



148 00 



148 03 



148 23 

 148 48 



Temper- 

 atures. 



Sur- Bot- 

 face. torn. 



78 



34.8 



35 



34.8 

 38.1 



69 



34.9 

 35 



0&. 



2440 

 2037 



2120 

 832 



142 



2111 

 1755 



Nature 



of 

 Bottom. 



Red clay. Large 

 haul of trawl of 

 mauganese nodules. 



Two spherical manga- 

 nese nodules, about 

 15 mm. in diameter 

 jammed cup open. 



Coarse volcanic mud. 



Volcanic mud and 

 coral sand. 



Volcanic rock and 

 coral sand. 



Volcanic sand. 



Volcanic sand. 



Remarks. 



50 miles from last, lialf way to Mehetia 

 from Hereheretue. 



14 miles southeast of Mehetia. 



1^ miles oif southeast face of Mehetia. 



J mile off north shore of Mehetia. 

 St. 177-179 Mehetia to Tahiti. 

 23 miles from Jlehetia. 

 30 miles from Tahiti. 



SOCIETY ISLANDS TO TONGATABU, TONGA ARCHIPELAGO, VIA LEEWARD 

 SOCIETY ISLANDS, THE COOK GROUP, AND NIUE ISLAND. 



Fbom Tahiti to Leeward Society Islands. 



180 



Nov. 15 



17 30 



149 41 



79 



36.7 



981 



Volcanic sand. Pter 

 opod ooze. 



About halfway to Murea from Papiete. 

 5 miles from the northeast point of 

 Murea. 



From Aitutaki to Niue. 



No sample. 



Red clay. 

 Red clay. 



Glob. 

 Radiol. 



Sts. ISl-184 referred to 11. O. Chart 

 No. S25», corrected to April, 1890. 



From Niue to El'a (Tonga). 



184 

 185 



ISfi 



Nov. 20 

 Nov. 27 



20 15 



21 18 



21 18 



172 00 



173 31 



173 51 



SO 



34 



34.15 



3141 

 4173 



4540 



Red clay. Radiol. 

 Light brown volcanic 

 mud. Radiol. 



Light brown volcanic 

 mud. Radiol. 



Near 4702 fms. hole, siliceous sponges 

 in trawl. Deepest haul of trawl yet 

 made. Lost tliermo. 



VAVAU TO FIJI. 



Pteropods and very 

 peculiar coral sand, 

 resembles volcanic 

 sand, with white 

 crystals of calcite, 

 gray brown. 



Volcanic mud, glob. 



Between Vavau and Late. 

 Sts. 185 to ISS referred to B. A. Chart 

 No. 2421, corrected to August, 1899. 



Beyond Late to westward. 



