130 THE DEPTH AND MARINE DEPOSITS OF THE PACIFIC OCEAN. 



Station 138, 29th October, 1899. 

 Lat. 18° 5' S. ; long. 141° 3' W. ; depth, 425 fathoms. 



CORAL SAND : cream colored, quite incoherent ; containing Coral frag- 

 ments, Echinoid spines, Alcyonarian spicules, otoliths, Ostracodes, pelagic and 

 bottom-living Foraminifera, Heteropods, small Lamellibranchs and Gastero- 

 pods. Tunicate spicules; Sponge spicules; one or two minute particles of 

 obsidian and felspar. 



Station 139, 29th October, 1899. 

 Lat. 18° 8' S. ; long. 141° 4' W. ; depth, 812 fathoms. 



CORAL SAND : cream colored, quite incoherent ; containing Coral frag- 

 ments, Echinoid spines, Alcyonarian spicules, otoliths, Ostracodes, pelagic 

 Foraminifera, Heteropods, Tunicate spicules. Mollusc-shell fragments, and 

 small Gasteropods; no mineral particles observed. 



Station 141, 30th October, 1899. 

 Lat. 18° 29' S. ; long. 139° 53' W. ; depth, 1490 fathoms. 



GLOBIGERINA OOZE: cream colored, granular, incoherent; appears to 

 have been washed ; contains pelagic and bottom-living Foraminifera, Echi- 

 noid spines, otoliths, Ostracodes, coccoliths, rhabdoliths; Sponge spicules; 

 minute mineral particles (very scarce), volcanic glass, decomposed ferro- 

 magnesian miaeral, and manganese grains. 



Station 143, 30th October, 1899. 

 Lat. 18° 34' S. ; long. 139° 19' W. ; depth, 1364 fathoms. 



GLOBIGERINA OOZE: gray with black grains, very little material, 

 granular, incoherent; appears to have been washed; contains pelagic and 

 bottom-living Foraminifera, coccoliths, rhabdoliths; minute mineral parti- 

 cles consisting of obsidian, magnetite, and grains of manganese. 



Station 144, 30th October, 1899. 

 Lat. 18° 30' S. ; long. 139° 15' W. ; depth, 377 fathoms. 



CORAL SAND : cream colored, gritty, incoherent ; appears to have been 

 washed ; contains Coral fragments, Echinoid spines, Alcyonarian spicules, 

 otoliths, Ostracodes, pelagic and bottom-living Foraminifera, small Gastero- 



