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EXPEDITION OF THE "ALBATROSS," 1899 1000. 



the pelagic types, and a Leptocephalid form of Neniich tin's. At Station 296, 

 lat. 38 06' S., long. 88' 02' W., about 500 miles from Juan Fernandez, seven- 

 teen species (twenty specimens) of Invertebrates were obtained in 1825 

 fathoms, Globigerina ooze, and at the next station, 297, lat. 37 29' S., 

 302 miles from Juan Fernandez, only a single specimen of Thenea is 

 recorded ; while at Station 298, lat. 34 7' S., 122 miles from Valparaiso, 

 nearly 100 specimens of Invertebrates were obtained, belonging to thirty- 

 three species, and the hauls from Valparaiso south to the Gulf of Pefias, in 

 1325 to 21G0 fathoms, at no time more than 450 miles from shore, in 

 blue mud or Globigerina ooze, were also rich in specimens and in species, 

 compared with hauls taken in deep water and far from continental slopes 

 or large archipelagos. 



The following arc the resul/s of the trawliny of the *' Albatross " daring 

 her jyresent cruise in the tropical Pacific. 



At Station 

 2. 2368 fath- 

 oms, lat. 28° 

 23' N., long. 

 126° 57' W., 

 the t r a w 1 

 came up with 

 the bag full of 

 red clay and 

 of manganese 

 nodules, sili- 

 ceous sponge 

 s]iicules. a 

 large pink 

 Benthoecetes, 

 spines of Phor- 



MANT.AHESE NODUI.KS FROM STATION' 2. 



mosoma, Ji,u- 

 phronides, and Benthodytes in fragments. Together with the manganese 

 nodules came up many sharks' teeth, whale ear-bones and other fragments 



