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Station 218, 15th January, 1900. 

 Lat. 7° 45' N. ; long. 168° 21' E. ; depth, 631 fathoms. 

 CORAL SAND (?) : gritty, coarsely granular, incoherent, gray in color ; con- 

 sisting of Coral fragments, pelagic and bottom-living Foraminifera, otoliths, 

 Eehinoid spines ; small grains of manganese. 



Station 221, 18th January, 1900. 

 Lat. 11° 9' N. ; long. 166° 46' E. ; depth, 400 fathoms. 

 CORAL SAND (?) : granular, incoherent, gray in color ; consisting of Coral 

 and Mollusc-shell fragments, pelagic and bottom-living Foraminifera, Eehi- 

 noid spines, Polyzoa, otoliths, small Gasteropods, Pteropod fragments. Heter- 

 opods, Tunicate spicules; Sponge spicules; minute particles of volcanic 

 glass. 



Station 222, 18th January, 1900. 

 Lat. 11° 7.5' N. ; long. 166° 46' E. ; depth, 827 fathoms. 

 CORAL SAND (?) : very little material; incoherent, granular, gray in 

 color ; consisting of Coral and Mollusc-shell fragments, pelagic and bottom- 

 living Foraminifera, Eehinoid spines, otoliths, Ostracodes, small Gasteropods, 

 Pteropods, Heteropods, Tunicate spicules ; minute particles of volcanic glass, 

 felspar, and magnetite. 



Station 227, 21st January, 1900. 

 Lat. 9° 48' N. ; long. 169° 14' E. ; depth, 468 fathoms. 

 CORAL SAND (?): granular, incoherent, gray in color; appears to have 

 been washed ; containing Coral and Mollusc-shell fragments, Eehinoid 

 spines, Pteropods, Heteropods, small Lamellibranchs and Gasteropods, oto- 

 liths, Ostracodes, pelagic and bottom-living Foraminifera, Tunicate spicules ; 

 Radiolaria, Sponge spicules ; Diatoms ; minute mineral particles, angular, 

 mean diameter 0.07 mm., volcanic glass, felspar, and magnetite. 



Station 228, 21st January, 1900. 

 Lat. 9° 47' N. ; long. 169° 14' E. ; depth, 934 fathoms. 

 CORAL SAND(?): grayish white, incoherent ; apparently washed ; consist- 

 ing of Coral and Mollusc-shell fragments, Eehinoid spines, small Lamelli- 

 branchs and Gasteropods, otoliths, Ostracodes, pelagic and bottom-living 

 Foraminifera, Tunicate spicules ; Radiolaria, Sponge spicules ; minute par- 

 ticles of volcanic glass, felspar, and magnetite. 



