LIST OF THE STATIONS 
OCCUPIED BY THE U. 8. F. C. S. “ALBATROSS,” DURING HER 
| CRUISE IN THE TROPICAL PACIFIC, 
Avuaust, 1899-Marcu, 1900. 
SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, TO NUKUHIVA, MARQUESAS ISLANDS. 
: 
2 eae Temper- 
j 5 Date. Se Sot ae Nature 
| 4 1899, ae of Remarks, | 
‘ 2 Latitude | Longitude |Sur-| Bot- | 23 Belial | 
cA North. West. face. tom. | SS 
° 4 ° / ° ° i 
| 1 jAug. 26} 381 10 |125 00 | 63 LO5B | ss Lost thermometer and detacher; 320 | 
miles from Point Conception. 
| Q |Aug. 27/28 23 |126 57 |66| 34.6 |2368|Red clay. Light|450 miles from Guadalupe Tsland, 500 
brown ooze. miles from Point Conception. Large 
| haul of manganese nodules, sharks’ 
\ teeth, and cetacean bones. 
8 lAup, 98/96 18 1198 64. (68) 0 cal | 
4 |Aug, 29/24 45 |130 16 | 69| 34.6 )2628)Light brown ooze,)..-. 6. eee ee ee ee ees 
same as at St. 
5 Red clay. 
‘ 5 |Aug. 80} 22 42 ]181 54 | 70) 34.6 )2740|/Light brown ooze,)Too rough to trawl; distant from 
same as at St. 2.| Guadalupe Island 800 miles, from 
Red clay. Point Conception 960 miles. 
i] 6 |Aug. 31/20 26 |183 28 | 75 9810/Dark brown mudjDistant from Guadalupe Island 960 
ooze. Red clay. | miles, from Sebastian Viscaino 1060 
miles. 
| 7 |Sept. 1/18 19 }134 57 | 76 9881|Redclay. Darkbyvown]...-..-+.-+s+ss+-+s+-- 
i ooze. Very sticky. 
} So lSepte: 2) £7. Wo 136: 00 Si. ce 2706) 2. sie ce oe, cee po 2s 
Gabe NG 50 861 I IG.) 6 S008| csc ae ee | ee 
: Oe 2o- 16r38 30 ldo 7.6 P BUSS hes tare ee Deepest part of Moser Basin. 
11 |Sept. 3/14 88 |1386 44 | 79 2646] Red clay. Passing out of deepest part of Moser 
Basin. 
12 |Sept. 4/12 07 {187 18 | 81) . . |9883/Red clay, radiol, |... ++ -++ +++ sess ess 
18 |Sept.: 6) -9 57 |187 47 | 82 . /2690)Red clay. Light/Large balls of manganese nodules, ce- 
\ brown 00ze, coarse] tacean bones, sharks’ teeth. 
| mineral _ particles. 
4 Radiolarian ooze. 
| 14 |Sept. 7} 6 41 /137 00 | 82 O776\Gray 0020" SIO 3. 6 ee. et ee a 
Foram. no radiola- 
rians. “Not sticky. 
| 15 |Sept. 8} 4 35 |136 54 | 79 9583|Fine gray ooze. Ra}... + 6 ee ee ee ee ee ele 
diolarians. 
| 16 |Sept. 9} 2 38 [137 22 |79| 35.2 |2440|Light yellow gray!To Hawaiian Islands 1500 miles, to 
glob. ooze. _ | Marquesas 660 miles. 
i 17 |Sept. 10} 0 50 |1387 54 | 79 . |2463|Light yellow gray|Sea too heavy to sound after this till 
‘ glob. ooze. Sept. 13. 
