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were observed, but what material there is consists principally of Coral frag- 
ments; it is probably a Coral Sand. 
Station 84, 8th October, 1899. 
Lat. 15° 35.8’ S. ; long. 146° 27.5’ W.; depth, 613 fathoms, 
PTEROPOD OOZE: cream colored, granular, quite incoherent ; containing 
Pteropods, Heteropods, pelagic and bottom-living Foraminifera, Mollusc- 
shell fragments, with small Gasteropods (Pleurotoma) and Lamellibranchs, 
Coral fragments, Polyzoa, Echinoid spines, Aleyonarian spicules, Fish teeth, 
otoliths, Ostracodes, Serpula, Tunicate spicules, coccoliths, and rhabdoliths ; 
fragments of obsidian. 
Station 85, 8th October, 1899. 
Lat. 15° 34.3’ S.; long. 146° 28’ W.; depth, 520 fathoms. 
CORAL SAND: there are only three small fragments of Corals, the largest 
being 11 by 5 by 3 mm. 
Station 86, 8th October, 1899. 
Lat. 15° 18.3’. ; long. 146° 23’ W.; depth, 654 fathoms. 
CORAL SAND: cream colored, granular, quite incoherent; containing 
Coral and Polyzoa fragments, pelagic and bottom-living Foraminifera, 
Pteropods, Heteropods, Echinoid spines, Alcyonarian spicules, Serpula, 
Ostracodes, Fish teeth, small Lamellibranchs and Gasteropods (Pleurotoma, 
Voluta), Tunicate spicules, coccoliths, rhabdoliths ; and Sponge spicules. 
Station 87, 8th October, 1899. 
Lat. 15° 15’ S.; long. 146° 7’ W.; depth, 1364 fathoms. 
GLOBIGERINA OOZE: cream color, granular, quite incoherent; most of 
the fine material washed away ; consists of pelagic and bottom-living Fora- 
minifera, Echinoid spines, otoliths, Ostracodes, Tunicate spicules, coccoliths, 
rhabdoliths, small fragments of Polyzoa, the cells of which are filled with 
manganese, Sponge spicules, 
Station 88, 9th October, 1899. 
Lat. 14° 57’ S.; long. 144° 34’ W.; depth, 360 fathoms. 
CORAL SAND: cream colored, granular, quite incoherent; containing 
Coral fragments, Polyzoa, Mollusc-shell and Echinoid-spine fragments, 
