76 EXPEDITION OF THE “ALBATROSS,” 1899-1900. 
pocket of the bag contained a piece of obsidian as large as a hen’s egg, a 
piece of pumice and of coral, both coated with manganese, a few fragments 
of wood similarly coated, a fragment of Tubipora, also coated, and a mass 
of Globigerings connected by manganese, as well as volcanic fragments and 
particles of manganese. 
At Station 134,in 807 fathoms, lat. 18° 06’ S., long. 142° 24° W. Fine 
coral sand and minute manganese nodules and Pteropod ooze. We sent 
the swabs down; brought up two specimens of Brisinga, a couple of small 
Diadematide, fragments of a Gorgonian stem coated with manganese, a few 
young siliceous sponges and fragments of others, two species of Ophiurans, 
and fragments of a Bryozoan. Also some small manganese nodules and 
sharks’ teeth. A poor haul for such a depth and such a bottom. 
At Station 139, in 812 fathoms, lat. 18° 08’ S., long. 141° 04’ W. Coral 
sand. The “Blake” trawl brought up a fine Brisinga, a couple of genera 
of Gorgonians, a Galathodes, a piece of stem of an Isis, young siliceous 
sponges, a fine Penaeus from intermediate waters (?), and some Ophiu- 
rans, —in fact, the same things we brought up at Station 134 in the 
tangles. The ground must have been very rough, as the trawl caught 
repeatedly, and when it reached the surface was found badly torn along 
the sides. 
At Station 173, in 2440 fathoms, lat. 18° 55’ S., long. 146° 82’ W. Red 
clay. The “Blake” trawl brought up about half a ton of flattened man- 
ganese nodules, generally mammilated on the surface, and slabs of all sizes, 
from that of a large potato to that of a pea. Many of the nodules were 
spherical or ellipsoidal. Many of the flattened pieces contained large 
sharks’ teeth; there were but few ear-bones or other bones of cetaceans. 
Some of the sharks’ teeth were fully 4” long. 
At Station 183, in 2472 fathoms, lat. 19° 04’S., long. 167° 41’ W. Red 
clay washed out. Radiolarian ooze, volcanic particles. The “ Blake” trawl 
came up with a large hole on the side and the bottom partly carried away, 
yet there were still left in the bag a number of small flat manganese nod- 
ules, from the size of a small walnut down. The bag also contained a few 
pieces of pumice and one shark’s tooth, a few siliceous sponge-spicules, 
and fragments of a small siliceous sponge. 
