PRELIMINARY REl'ORT. 



61 



In Fiji Aechipelago. 



Fiue coral saud. Pter- 

 opod ooze. Few 

 glob. 



Coral sand. Colored 

 in part by manga- 

 nese. 



Pteropodooze. Frag- 

 ments of pumice. 

 Fine coral saud, 

 glob. 



Coral sand. Ptero- 

 pods. Manganese, 

 glob. 



Very fiue light yellow 

 brown coral ooze. 



About in centre of passage between 



Yangasa-Mothe. Southern extension 



of eastern Fiji plateau. 

 Between Namuka and Yangasa. 

 Sts. 189-193 referred to B. A. Chart 



No. 2691, corrected to Dec, 1897. 

 6 miles S. 23° W. from west end of 



Namuka. Between Namuka and 



Marambo. 



2.7 miles N. 19° W. from Marambo. 



la centre of triangle Marambo, 



Kambara, Wangava, about 5 miles 



distant. 

 About 15 miles west of Kambara, on 



way to Totoya. 



FIJI THROUGH ELLICE AND GILBERT ISLANDS TO JALUIT MARSHALL 

 ARCHIPELAGO. 



Dec. 21 

 Dec. 22 



1900. 

 Jau. 1 



197 Jau. 2 



198 



199 



200 



201 



202 Jan. 3 



12 43 



10 47 

 18 



Latitude 

 North. 

 30 



46 



1 12 

 1 20 



1 20 



1 17 



179 50 



Longitude 



Ea^t. 



179 30 

 173 54 



173 35 



173 09 



173 05 

 173 03 



173 04 



173 09 



85 



84 



35.6 



35 



35.6 

 43.5 



1445 

 245 



170 



2221 



1569 



Light yellow browi 

 glob. ooze. 



Coral sand, rocky. 

 Hard bottom. 



Light yellowgrayglob 

 ooze. Struck glo- 

 bigerinae of Equat 

 Current (obtained 

 before in Paumotus) 



Yellow gray glob, 

 ooze. Very coarse 

 large species. 



Same coarse large 

 glob, ooze as before 



Broken shells. Cora, 

 saud. 



Coarse large globig- 

 erinae. Same 

 before. 



II.O.CliartNo.825», cor. April, 1895. 



I'auner machine. ^ mile south, off 



Nurakita. B. A. Chart No. 1830, 



corr. March, 1898. 

 I mile south of village off south side of 



Apamama. Sts. 196-207 H. 0. Chart 



No. 119, corr. May, 1899. 



On way Apamama-Maiana About 16 

 miles from northwest end of Apa- 

 mama. 



About 9 miles southeast of Maiana. 



Halfway to Tarawa from Maiana. Un- 

 known summit. 



About 5 mile from centre of south 

 shore of Tarawa. Tanner sounding 

 machine. 



About 1 mile E. of last station,off south 

 shore of Tarawa. Tanner sounding 

 machine. 



About 5 miles S. 12° E. of southeast 

 point of Tarawa. Shoal said to ex- 

 tend there. Evidently no plateau; 

 may be a ridge, connect ing the islands 

 Maiana, Tarawa, and Apaiang. 



