130 THE DEPTH AND MARINE DEPOSITS OF THE PACIFIC OCEAN. 
Station 138, 29th October, 1899. 
Lat. 18° 5’ S.; long. 141° 3’ W.; depth, 425 fathoms. 
CORAL SAND: cream colored, quite incoherent; containing Coral frag- 
ments, Echinoid spines, Aleyonarian spicules, otoliths, Ostracodes, pelagic and 
bottom-living Foraminifera, Heteropods, small Lamellibranchs and Gastero- 
pods, Tunicate spicules; Sponge spicules; one or two minute particles of 
obsidian and felspar. 
Station 139, 29th October, 1899. 
Lat. 18° 8’ S.; long. 141° 4’ W. ; depth, 812 fathoms. 
CORAL SAND: cream colored, quite incoherent; containing Coral frag- 
ments, Echinoid spines, Alcyonarian spicules, otoliths, Ostracodes, pelagic 
Foraminifera, Heteropods, Tunicate spicules, Mollusc-shell fragments, and 
small Gasteropods; no mineral particles observed. 
Station 141, 30th October, 1899. 
Lat. 18° 29’ S.; long. 139° 53’ W.; depth, 1490 fathoms. 
GLOBIGERINA OOZE: cream colored, granular, incoherent; appears to 
have been washed; contains pelagic and bottom-living Foraminifera, Echi- 
noid spines, otoliths, Ostracodes, coccoliths, rhabdoliths; Sponge spicules ; 
minute mineral particles (very scarce), volcanic glass, decomposed ferro- 
magnesian mineral, and manganese grains. 
Station 143, 30th October, 1899. 
Lat. 18° 34’ S.; long. 139° 19’ W.; depth, 1364 fathoms. 
GLOBIGERINA OOZE: gray with black grains, very little material, 
granular, incoherent; appears to have been washed; contains pelagic and 
bottom-living Foraminifera, coccoliths, rhabdoliths; minute mineral parti- 
cles consisting of obsidian, magnetite, and grains of manganese. 
Station 144, 30th October, 1899. 
‘Lat. 18° 30’ S.; long. 139° 15’ W.; depth, 377 fathoms. 
CORAL SAND: cream colored, gritty, incoherent; appears to have been 
washed ; contains Coral fragments, Hchinoid spines, Alcyonarian spicules, 
otoliths, Ostracodes, pelagic and bottom-living Foraminifera, small Gastero- 
