HANS KLER. [SEC. ARCT. EXP. FRAM 



The remaining samples from the bottom contained stones and vari- 

 ous specimens of animals, especially Bryozoa and Crustacea. 



Dr. V. MADSEN has assisted me in the examination of some of 

 the Foraminifera, for which ready assistance I would here express my 

 thanks. 



The depths from which the bottom samples have been taken are 

 generally small, seldom exceeding 25 fathoms, only 2 being taken from 

 somewhat greater depths, namely 45 and 55 fathoms. 



The fact that the bottom samples, even in shallow water from 1 or 

 2 fathoms down to 25 fathoms and more, consisted of fine mud, seems 

 to indicate that the waters were land-locked, and with slack currents. 



The Bottom Deposits. 



July 24th, 1900. The Winter harbour, Havne Fjord. Depth 45 fa- 

 thoms. Small stones with adherent specimens of Foraminifera: 



Truncatulina lobatula (cc) 1 

 akneriana (cc) 

 orbignyana (r). 



July 26th, 1900. The west side of the mouth of Stor Valley. Depth 

 10 fathoms. Grey mud with Ophiura sp. and Mollusca: Area glad- 

 alls (r), Saxicava ardica (r), Modiolaria corrugata (r), Astarte sp. (r). 

 Numerous specimens of Forminifera: 



Haplophragmium canariense (r) 

 glomeratum (r) 

 nanum (r) 



Verneuilina pygmaea (r) 

 Valvulina fusca (r) 

 Spiroplecta biformis (r) 

 Textularia williamsoni (r) 

 Nodulina arctica (r) 



gracilis (r) 2 

 Uvigerina pygmaea (r) 

 Cassidulina crassa (r) 

 Bolivina punctata (r) 



1 cc indicates a great number of specimens, c numerous, r a few or a single one. 



2 See Synopsis of the Norwegian Marine Thalamophora. Report on Norwegian 

 Fishery and Marine Investigations, Vol. 1, No. 7. Kristiania, 1900. 



