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near the shore throughout this whole region, but judged 

 that the disturbance caused by the storm had so mixed 

 things that the normal condition could not be well as- 

 certained. 



A superficial examination of the material procured by 

 these soundings shows the general resemblance that I had 

 anticipated ; a special feature is the great preponderance 

 of Coscinodiscus from large to minute varieties ; Actin- 

 ctptyclius is abundant, and Pyxilla haltica and Pyx. dnhia 

 especially plentiful ; Rhizosolenia stylifoni/i.s and Jliddul- 

 phia aurita are also abundant with Phi/rosig/na n,tfiiit^, 

 Melosira sculpta and Rhabdonema adrhiticjini. Naviciila 

 lyra appears in many varieties and Triceratium favus, 

 Kupodiscns argus, Raphontis amphiceros and R. ffefunii- 

 fera, SarireHa fastnosa, Plearosigma balticiin/, P. d(- 

 corum, P. loansbeeckii and P. minutnm are common. 

 Very large specimens of Nainviila hiiisslma occur but 

 are rare. Near the shores of the bay Auliscu.s and Ac- 

 tinocyclus appear in variety some of which I cannot de- 

 termine, and a large NavicnJa with striation something 

 like N. latissinui but rather more distinct, and with a 

 broad elliptical outline without the produced extremities. 

 I have found this form in the fossil deposit here, and in 

 recent mud from the Thames river near Norwich ('onn. 

 I do not think it has ever before been noticed. 



Foraminifera of many genera abound, not only in 

 soundings but also in the deposits in the creeks, ditches 

 and marshes ; at the upper end of Leete's creek at the 

 limit of tidal flow I found but few diatoms, and those 

 mostly small fresh water varieties; but foraminifera were 

 abundant, of many species new to me; their shells did 

 not appear to be calcareous but showed a mosaic struc- 

 ture with markings of a somewhat regular irregularity 

 very similar to the shells of certain rhiz()]>ods, Nebela 

 oollaris and Difflugia spiralis. 



Polycystina are common in soundings and deposits. I 



