Messrs. J. Wood-Mason and A. Alcock on 



enlist the interest of European naturalists in an almost 

 un worked field of Indian zoology, and not single-handed to 

 engage in an impossible research. 



The apparatus generally used was a reversible trawl with 

 steel-wire rope. 



List of the 'Investigator ' Deep-sea Dredging- Stations 

 during the Season 1889-90. 



Station 

 No. 



56 



62 

 76 



81 



06 

 97 

 100 



101 



102 

 103 

 104 



105 



Position. 



Depth in 

 Fathoms. 



Off west coast of Anda- 240-220 

 mans, between N. & S. 

 Sentinel Islands. 



Bay of Bengal, lat. 16° 45' 

 N., long. 88° 32' 50" E. 



Bay of Bengal, oft Ganjam 

 coast, 25 miles S.E. £ E. 

 Barwa Beacon. 



Bay of Bengal, off Ganjam 93-89 

 coast, 24 miles S.E. Go- 

 palpur. 



Bay of Bengal, lat. 18° 30' ! 

 N., long. 84° 46' E. 



Bay of Bengal, lat. 18° 26' 

 N., long. 85° 24' E. 



Bay of Bengal, lat. 10° 55' 



41" N., long. 83° 21' 18" 

 E. 



Bay of Bengal, lat. 16° 11' 

 15" N., long. 82° 30' 30" 

 F, 



Bay of Bengal, lat. 15° 38' £ 

 N., long. 82° 30' E. 



Bay of Bengal, lat. 15° 14' 



N., long. 81° 09' E. 



Laccadive Sea, off Elica-| 1000 

 peni Shoal, lat. 11° 12' 

 47"N.,long.74°25'30"E. 



Laccadive Sea, off Goaj 740 

 coast, lat. 15° 02' X., 

 long. 72° 34' E. 



Nature of 

 Bottom. 



Temperature Fahr. 



At surface. At bottom. 



Coral sand, with 

 Foraminil'era. 



Brown mud. 

 Brown mud. 



Brown mud. 



Sand. 



Olive mud. 

 Brown mud. 



Brown mud. 



Brown mud. 

 Blue mud. 



( llivemud, with coral 83 

 detritun and 2*15 per 



cent. Foraminifera. 



Grey ooze, coral 

 mud, anil 12 - 5 per 

 cent. Foraminil'era. 



84 



F97 



80 

 80 

 79 



85 



86 



83 



t 



35-3 



64 



64 

 86-2 



41 



39 



39-75 

 (at 920 fatb.) 



36 

 386 



44 



