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Discovery of deep enclosed basins in the waters 

 round the Azores ....... 265 



The Chaucer Bank discovered in 1850 probably 

 quite authentic ........ 266 



Remarkable haul of Manganese-covered coral . 267 



Dredging in water over 3000 fathoms . . . 268 



Arrival at Havre I7th September. 



Cruise lasted two months. 



18. THE SPERM \\H.\I K AND ITS FOOD. [From Nature, 



January 9, 1896, Vol. LIII. pp. 223-5] 2 ^9 



This paper contains a short account of the pro- 

 ceedings of the yacht " Princesse Alice " in the waters of 

 the North Atlantic, around the Archipelago of the 

 Azores ......... 269 



The most important occurrence was the killing of a 

 cachalot or sperm whale by the whale-fishers of the 

 island of Terceira ; and the assistance rendered to them 

 by H.S.H. the Prince of Monaco. 



Abstract of the Prince's Memoir, Prise d'un Cachalot 270 



Great skill with which the Prince aided the whalers. 



Cachalot charges the yacht in its death-agony . 271 



Carcase then towed by yacht to the whaling depot. 



Impossibility to steer, towing the whale head fore- 

 most. 



Description of the work of harvesting the results of 

 the capture . . . . . . . 2 7 _ 



These included ambergrise as well as spermaceti. 



The skeleton of the whale was prepared by the 

 naturalists and is now in the Mus6e Ocanographique at 

 Monaco. 



Most important s< K ntili. result was the capture of 

 nams of the great cephalopods of intermediate 

 depths which an- the food of the cachalot. 



Zoological d \tracted from Professor Jou- 



l,im \ paper ........ 



The ( ac halot appears to devour nothing but animals 



wlii< h u j) to the present (1896) are completely unknown 



enty-two years have passed, and still n.> means 



have been found to capture the great cephalopoda of 



mt depths except I lv through the 



274 



I M .-an h \\.is in "ii tin- 



advice of Sir Joseph Banks thru i 



