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were observed, but what material there is consists principally of Coral frag- 

 ments ; it is probably a Coral Sand. 



Station 84, 8th October, 1899. 

 Lat. 15° 35.8' S. ; long. 146° 27.5' W. ; depth, 613 fathoms. 

 PTEROPOD OOZE : cream colored, granular, quite incoherent ; containing 

 Pteropods, Heteropods, pelagic and bottom-living Foraminifera, Mollusc- 

 shell fragments, with small Gasteropods [Plcurotoma) and Lamellibranchs, 

 Coral fragments, Polyzoa, Echinoid spines, Alcyonarian spicules. Fish teeth, 

 otoliths, Ostracodes, Serpida^ Tunicate spicules, coccoliths, and rhabdoliths ; 

 fragments of obsidian. 



Station 85, 8th October, 1899. 

 Lat. 15° 34.3' S. ; long. 146° 28' W. ; depth, 520 fathoms. 



CORAL SAND : there are only three small fragments of Corals, the largest 

 being 11 by 5 by 3 mm. 



Station 86, 8th October, 1899. 

 Lat. 15° 18.3' S. ; long. 146° 23' W. ; depth, 654 fathoms. 



CORAL SAND : cream colored, granular, quite incoherent ; containing 

 Coral and Polyzoa fragments, pelagic and bottom-living Foraminifera, 

 Pteropods, Heteropods, Echinoid spines, Alcyonarian spicules, Serpida, 

 Ostracodes, Fish teeth, small Lamellibranchs and Gasteropods {Pleurofnma, 

 Voluta), Tunicate spicules, coccoliths, rhabdoliths ; and Sponge spicules. 



Station 87, 8th October, 1899. 

 Lat. 15° 15' S. ; long. 146° 7' W. ; depth, 1364 fathoms. 



GLOBIGERINA OOZE : cream color, granular, quite incoherent ; most of 

 the fine material washed away ; consists of pelagic and bottom-living Fora- 

 minifera, Echinoid spines, otoliths, Ostracodes, Tunicate spicules, coccoliths, 

 rhabdoliths, small fragments of Polyzoa, the cells of which are filled with 

 manganese, Sponge spicules. 



Station 88, 9th October, 1899. 

 Lat. 14° 57' S. ; long. 144° 34' W. ; depth, 360 fathoms. 



CORAL SAND : cream colored, granular, quite incoherent ; containing 

 Coral fragments, Polyzoa, Mollusc-shell and Echinoid-spine fragments, 



