Fist. OF “COLLECTING STATIONS 
BY 
S, Fo HAR MER, —Sc.D:,F3R:S. 
(Keeper of Zoology, British Museum) 
AND ivision of Mobhkux 
DP Ge Se hE MEA. Seefiondl Lithmoy 
(St. John’s College, Cambridge ; Member of the Expedition). 
INTRODUCTION. 
’ | “HE greater number of the localities referred to in the following list are places 
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where specimens were collected by the party on board the ‘Terra Nova” ; 
a large proportion of them being Plankton-stations. To these localities have 
been added a certain number of places where specimens were obtained by members 
of the Shore Party, particularly by Surgeon E. L. Atkinson, R.N., and Mr. E. W. 
Nelson. The list has been verified by Commander H. L. L. Pennell, R.N., who was 
in charge of the log of the “Terra Nova.” 
In sorting the collection a system of numbering was adopted which has not proved 
suitable for more permanent use. These ‘ provisional station-numbers”” are indicated 
in the third column of the list, but the numbers in the second cclumn, corresponding 
with the maps, are those which should alone be used in recording results and in 
labelling the specimens. 
The Plankton-nets are described according to the number of meshes to one 
linear inch. The “ Full speed” net had 180 meshes to the inch. ‘ Bucket” indicates 
that the specimens were caught by means of a bucket lowered over the ship’s side. 
The meaning of a nautical method of indicating the position which has been used 
in certain cases may not be clear without a word of explanation. Station 80, for 
instance, is given as “ From Summit, Gt. Kine, N. 87° W., 11 miles.” This indicates 
a point 11 miles from Summit, Gt. King, in a direction 87° from the North, on its 
Western side ; and is in fact almost due West. Similarly, Station 82, which is recorded 
as “$. 40° E., 29 miles,” indicates a point 29 iniles from the same place along a line 
40° from the South, on its Eastern side, and is thus not very far from South-Kast. 
The bearings are all true, 
