382 PBECY SLADEN TKUST EXPEDITION. 



No. 14. July 14, 1905. 

 Lat. 6° 16' S., Long. 70° 45' E. ; depth, 2079 fathoms. 



GLOBIGERINA OOZE : ligbt grey, sliglitly coherent, finely granular. 



Calcium Carbonate : 59'20 per cent., pelagic and one or two bottom-living Foraminifera, Coccolitlis, 



a few llhabdoliths. 

 Residue : 40-80 per cent. : — 



Siliceous Organisms (10 per cent.) : Radiolaria, Sponge spicules, arenaceous Foraminifera, 



Diatoms. 

 Minerals (traces) : one or two minute glassy particles observed. 



Fine tVashings (30*80 per cent.) : amorphous clayey matter, with minute fragments of 

 siliceous organisms. 



No. 15. July 15, 1905. 

 Lat. 5° 59'-7 S., Long. 71° 2'-5 E. ; depth, 1347 fathoms. 



GLOBIGERINA OOZE : greyish white, slightly coherent. 



Calcium Carbonate : 69"17 per cent., pelagic and bottom-living Foraminifera, Echinoid spines. Fish 



otoliths, Coccoliths. 

 Residue : 30'83 per cent. : — 



Siliceous Organisms (5 per cent.) : Kadiolaria, Diatoms, arenaceous Foraminifera. 

 Minerals (traces) : one or two minute glassy particles. 



Fine Washings (25-83 per cent.) : amorphous clayey matter, with fragments of siliceous 

 organisms. 



No. 16. July 20, 1905. 

 Between Victory's Bank and Nelson's Island, Chagos ; depth, 771 fathoms. 



GLOBIGERINA OOZE : greyish white. 



Calcium Carbonate : 88']8 per cent., pelagic and bottom-living Foraminifera, Ostracodes, Pteropod 



fragments, Echinoid spines, Tunicate spicules, (Joccoliths. 

 Residue : ir82 per cent. :- — 



Siliceous Organisms (5 per cent.) : Sponge spicules, Radiolaria, Diatoms. 



Minerals (trace) : a few indeterminable particles. 



Mne Washings (6"82 per cent.) : amorphous clayey matter, with siliceous splinters. 



No. 17. July 20, 1905. 

 Lat. 5° 33'-2 S., Long. 72° 27' E. ; depth, 1395 fathoms. 



GLOBIGERINA OOZE : light grey. 



Calcium Carbonate : 67'18 per cent., pelagic and bottom-living Foraminifera, Echinoid spines. 



Coral fragments, Gasteropods, one or two small Pteropod fragments. 

 Residue : 32-»2 per cent. : — 



Siliceous Organisms (10 per cent.^ : Radiolaria, Sponge spicules, Diatoms, areuaceou 



Foraminifera. 

 Minerals (traces) : one particle of palagonite, 0'2 mm. in diameter, observed. 

 i^(>/e Washings (22'82 per cent.) : amorphous clayey matter, with minute siliceous fragments. 



