DEEP-SEA SOUNDING. 



121 



COMMANDER ALBERT S. BARKER, U.S.N., COMMANDING. 

 Magellan Straits, Casts taken by Lieut. Adolph Marix, U.S.N. 



State 



of 



Weather. 



o. c. f. d. 

 o. c. f. 



o. c. m. 



b. c. 



0. c. d. q. 



b. c. 



b. c. 



b. c. 

 o. c. q. 



b. c. 



b. c. 



' r.d.m.q. 



b. c. 

 b. c. p. 



o. m. d. 

 b. c. 

 b. c. 

 b. c. q. p. 

 b. c. 

 b. c. 

 b. c. 

 b. c. 

 o. c. 



b. c. 



o. c. m. f. 



o. c. 



o. c. 



b. c. 



t>. c. m. 



b. c. m. 



o.c.h. p. q. 



D. c. q. m. 



b. c. 



o. c. m. 



o. c. f. d. 



o. c. q. m. 



State 

 of 

 Sea. 



M. 

 M. 



M. 

 M. 

 M. 

 S. 

 S. 



L. 

 L.M. 



M. 

 L. 



M. 



M. 



L. 



M. 



M. 

 M.R. 

 M.L. 

 M.L. 

 H.R. 

 L.H. 

 H.R. 



L. 



M. 



M. 



M. 

 M. 

 S. 



M. 



M. 

 M.C. 

 M.C. 

 M.R. 

 M.L. 



M. 

 M.L. 



L. 

 M.L. 



Tempera- 

 ture. 



5249 



Time. 



Paying 

 Out. 



h. m. 



41 

 048 



039 

 034 

 039 

 041 



1 00 



051 

 O 46 



039 

 037 



Reeling 

 In. 



Remarks. 



h. m. 

 o 42 



035 

 o 30 

 o 31 



29 



1 II 



I 10 



o 36 

 o 25 



037 



o 35 



037 

 o 26 

 o 50 

 o 39 

 o 41 

 o 21 



o 59 

 o 36 

 o 28 

 o 32 



O 21 



o 24 



033 

 023 



o 20 

 o 26 



033 



o 23 

 o 26 

 o 30 

 o 31 

 o 31 

 o 32 



033 

 033 



2 58 



Wire parted while reeling in at 1300 fath- 

 oms through carelessness of attendant. 



The regular reel having need of repairs, 

 the old brass reel was used for this and 

 the following cast, hence had to reel up 

 by hand. 



Iron reel having been repaired is again 

 in use. 



Wire parted at 70 fathoms while reeling 

 in. Defect in wire. 



In reeling in, wire parted at 764 fathoms. 



In reeling in, wire parted at 1446 fathoms. 

 Ship lying to under steam and sail. 



Wire parted at 97 fathoms while reeling in. 



No specimen recovered, but cup showed 



signs of having struck hard bottom. 



Cup came up with sleeve lifted and 

 jammed. Specimen was washed out. 



Tending out from side of ship about s' 

 when bottom was reached. 



Could not detach shot when on bottom 

 the ball having hooked on the cup. 

 Hove in by steam, assisted by hand, 

 and brought shot back. Reel showed no 

 signs of distress. The power of the en- 

 gine alone was not sufficient to reel in. 



