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TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



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Preliminary Report 1 



Noon Positions 45 



List of Stations 51 



Notes on the Deep-sea Hauls of toe Trawl and Dredge hade uy the "Alba- 

 tross" AND THE "Challenger" in the Pacific 65 



Results of the Trawling and Dredging of the "Challenger" in the Pacific 67 



Results of the Trawling of the "Albatross" in the Tropical Pacific . . 70 



The Bottom Deposits collected by the "Albatross" 77 



Record of the Sltiface Hauls made by the "Albatross" 82 



Hauls made at Intermediate Depths by the "Albatross" 89 



The Bottom Deposits collected by the "Challenger" in the Pacific ... 96 



The Surface Organisms observed by the "Challenger" in the Pacific . . . 102 



The Bathymetrical Range of the Pelagic Fauna 107 



Remarks on the Deep-sea Deposits, by Sir John Murray 109 



Explanation of the Plates 112 



