426 Mr. H. B. Brady on the Reticularia and 
All the material was carefully washed to clear it of impal- 
pable inorganic matter. This process seriously reduced 
many of the already small samples; and some of them left 
scarcely any residue for examination. Nevertheless of the 
fifty or sixty gatherings about forty yielded sufficient organic 
remains to give a general, though of course not an exhaustive, 
idea of the microzoic fauna of their respective localities. In 
some instances a number of the soundings were from points 
so near together and at depths so similar, that the results from 
several could be incorporated with advantage; but after con- 
densation on this wise, and the omission of a few of those 
which gave obviously incomplete lists, there remains the 
groundwork for a fairly representative distribution-table com- 
prising twenty-four stations. ‘This must be regarded, under 
the circumstances, as very satisfactory. ‘The primary object 
of the expedition was geographical rather than biological ; 
there was no opportunity for dredging; and the chances of 
obtaining material in other ways were beset with difficulties 
hardly to be appreciated by those who, like myself, have been 
accustomed to collect in temperate regions. 
The following is a list of the Stations arranged in order of 
latitude, beginning at the most southern point of the series. 
The geographical details, thanks to careful labelling, can be 
stated with much accuracy. ‘The capital letters A to X refer 
to the heading of the columns in the accompanying Table. 
The area comprised in the Table may be divided into three 
sections. The first sixteen columns (A to P) refer to Jocali- 
ties in Baffin’s Bay and Smith Sound. These are separated 
by the whole length of Kennedy Channel (nearly two degrees) 
from Discovery Bay (Q), the only representative of the 
latitude of Hall Basm. Robeson Channel (nearly one degree) 
intervenes between this and the nearest of the seven remaining 
Stations. 
A. Glacial mud, Tyndall Glacier, 27 fathoms, Sept. 12, 
1876, situate in Bardin Bay, east side of Baftin’s Bay, 
lat. 77° 15’ N. 
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A little box of reddish clay with worn shell-fragments, _ 
containing relatively but few organisms; the Foraminifera 
belong chiefly to the genera Verneuilina, Cassidulina, Trun- 
catulina, and Nonionina. 
B. Off Cape Isabella, 220 fathoms, lat. 78° 20! N. 
This is the deepest sounding containing Foraminifera ; but - 
it is richer in Diatomacee (notably Coscinodiscus radia- 
tus) than in Rhizopoda. Of the latter, Cassidulina, Trun- 
catulina, and Nonionina are again the most prominent types. 
