CONTENTS OF VOLUME I. 



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Introduction. (Figs. A-E.) , . . . . vii 



I. Equipment of the " Blake." (Figs. 1-33.) 1 



II. Historical Sketch of Deep-Sea Work 39 



III. The Florida Reefs. (Figs. 34-54.) 52 



IV. Topography of the Eastern Coast of the North American 



Continent. (Figs. 55-61.) 93 



V. Relations of the American and West Indian Fauna and Flora 109 

 VI. The Permanence of Continents and of Oceanic Basins. (Fig. 



62.) 125 



VII. Deep-Sea Formations 140 



VIII. The Deep-Sea Fauna 153 



IX. The Pelagic Fauna and Flora, (Figs. 63-139.) 171 



X. Temperatures of the Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, and West- 

 ern Atlantic. (Figs. 140-167.) 217 



XI. The Gulf Stream. (Figs. 168-176.) 241 



XII. Submarlne Deposits. (Figs. 177-192.) 260 



XIII. The Physiology of Deep-Sea Life. (Figs. 193, 194.) 294 



Note. — A Last of the Figures will be found at the end of Volume XL 



