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of globigerina ooze rich in coccoliths and coccospheres. The 
dredge was put over, but the sea was still too high, and it came 
up capsized. Later in the day, a second attempt was made with 
somewhat greater success, but the number of species procured 
was small; the most remarkable among them a fine specimen 
of Hymenaster membranaceus of a rich crimson color, and up- 
ward of 70 mm. in diameter. On the Ist of January, 1873, we 
tried the dredge again, in water of moderate depth, off Cape 
Mondego; but the weather was still too boisterous, and the at- 
tempt was unsatisfactory ; and on the 2d, dredging at a depth 
of 1975 fathoms a little to the N.W. of the Burlings, the dredge 
fouled something at the bottom—an unusual occurrence in 
such deep water—and was carried away. 
On the 3d of January all our troubles were over for the time. 
Passing Cape Roca and the beautiful heights of Cintra, we 
steamed slowly up the Tagus, past the straggling suburb of 
Lisbon with its many-colored villas scattered over the slopes; 
past the wonderful Castle of Belem, with its elegant propor- 
tions and rich ornament—a record of the skill and refined taste 
of the old master-masons; past the new Palace of the Ajuda, 
the present residence of the king—a large plain building, in a 
certain sense handsome, but sadly inferior in tone to the little 
square keep by the side of the river. 
About midday we were moored in the Tagus, off the town. 
Several of us went on shore, and took up our quarters at the 
Hotel Braganza, where we were very comfortable, and enjoyed 
greatly the splendid view over the town and river. Some went 
to Cintra, though we were at Lisbon at the worst season of the 
year for country excursions; while others spent their time in 
seeing what was most interesting in the city and its immediate 
neighborhood, and resting after the fatigue of our earlier expe- 
riences at sea. 
There is a gem of Gothic-Moresque architecture near Lisbon 
—the monastery and church of Santa Maria at Belem. One 
