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THE DEPTH AND MARINE DEPOSITS OF THE PACIFIC OCEAN. 115 
Station 57, 25th September, 1899. 
Three miles from last position, north of Matahiva, Paumotu Islands ; 
depth, 486 fathoms. 
CORAL SAND: gray, incoherent, granular; has the appearance of having 
been washed; containing a few Pteropods, Heteropods, pelagic and bottom- 
living Foraminifera, Alcyonarian spicules, Echinoid spines (some blackened 
with manganese), Coral fragments, coccoliths, rhabdoliths, otoliths. 
Station 58, 25th September, 1899. 
Two and a half miles off west shore of Matahiva, Paumotu Islands ; 
depth, 624 fathoms. 
CORAL SAND: gray, granular, incoherent ; appears to have been washed ; 
consists of Coral and Molluscan-shell fragments, pelagic and bottom-living 
Foraminifera, otoliths, small Lamellibranchs and Gasteropods (Pleurotoma), 
Echinoid spines blackened with manganese, Alcyonarian spicules, coccoliths, 
rhabdoliths, Tunicate spicules. 
Station 59, 25th September, 1899. 
Four miles off southwest shore of Matahiva, Paumotu Islands ; 
depth, 860 fathoms. 
PTEROPOD OOZE or CORAL SAND: gray, incoherent, granular; ap- 
pears to have been washed ; consists of Pteropods, Heteropods, pelagic and 
bottom-living Foraminifera, Coral fragments (some coated with manganese), 
otoliths, Echinoid spines, small Gasteropods (Pleurotoma, etc.) and Lamelli- 
branchs, Alcyonarian spicules, coccoliths, rhabdoliths, and Tunicate spicules. 
Station 60, 25th September, 1899. 
Off south shore of Matahiva, Paumotu Islands; depth, 1257 fathoms. 
GLOBIGERINA OOZE: cream colored, granular, incoherent; appears to 
have been washed; consists of pelagic and bottom-living Foraminifera, 
Echinoid spines, Alcyonarian spicules, Tunicate spicules, otoliths, small Coral 
fragments, Polyzoa, Mollusc shells, with small Lamellibranchs and Gas- 
teropods (Pleurotoma), fragments of Pteropods, coccoliths, and rhabdoliths. 
