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soft mud. In lat. 59 50 and at eighty-five fathoms 

 the bottom is muddy." 



" In lat. 60 50' and as they approach the coast, 

 the bottom, in seventy-five fathoms, is sand and gra- 

 vel." Vol. I. p. 274. 



" On the coast of Jutland at a small depth, the 

 bottom is sand and gravel. On the coast of Norway, 

 on the contrary, the depth of water is considerable, 

 and at the bottom, is of brown or black mud." 

 Vol. 1. page S80. 



" At Copenhagen at eight fathoms, is sand and 

 mud." Page 288. 



" In the German ocean, from lat. 53 50' to 57 50' 

 the soundings at thirty fathoms was mud, on ap- 

 proaching the coast, mud and sand, at twenty fa- 

 thoms, the bottom sand and gravel," Vol. I. page 330. 



" On the coast of Spain and Portugal, at the dis- 

 tance of three, four, and five leagues from Couron- 

 ville, and at the depth of seventy, to seventy-five 

 fathoms, the bottom was mud and some sand." 

 Vol. II. page 13. 



" On the coast of Africa, from Cape Spartel, to 

 Cape Blanc, near Assan, we find, from 28 to 30 

 fathoms of water, a grey sandy mud." Vol. II. p. 33. 



" On the coast of Sale and Fredale, at the distance 

 of, one mile and a half to two leagues or more, we 

 find at 15, S0 ? 25 and thirty fathoms water, a bottom 

 of rock. At 2| leagues the bottom is sand. From three 

 to seven or eight leagues, and at from fifty to one hun- 

 dred fathoms, the bottom is mud." Vol. II. page 37- 



