82 EXPEDITION OF THE "ALBATROSS," 1890-1000. 



there are numerous soundings hy the " U. S. S. Nero " for a proposed 

 cable line between Guam and a point nearly west in the Philippines, as 

 well as a very complete line from Guam to Japan. These souudint'-s, with 

 a line to the east of Guam also run by the " Nero," give an excellent idea 

 of the topography of that part of the Pacific. The character of the bottom 

 unfortunately is not indicated on the charts issued by the U. S. Hydro- 

 graphic Office' to show the interesting soundings of the "Nero," under 

 commander Belknap, two of which are the deepest soundings as yet taken. 



The foUon'ing is the record of the surface hauls made hi the " Albatross." 



Station 1. Lat. 31° 10' N., 125° W. 300 miles from Point Conception. 

 Neither Copepods nor Sagittre, Collozouin, Pleurobrachia, Euphausia, 

 Macrurans, Hyperia, Schizopods, Thysaiiopoda, Hyalea, Turris, Dj'phies, 

 Agalma, Aglaura, Oceania, Pyrosoma, Salpa?, Carinaria, young fishes. 



Station 2. Lat. 28° 23' N., long. 12G' 57' W. Very poor surface haul. 

 500 miles from Point Conception. Few Macrurans, Euphausia^, Collozoum, 

 young flying-fish, transparent Prionotus (?) fish eggs, Aglaura, Velella, 

 Abyla, tentacles of a Siphonophore on the stray line, which could not be 

 identified. 



Surface haul. Lat. 28 11' N., long. 127 16' W. Large Ctenophores 

 like Mertensia; an elongated, flask-shaped Cydippe ; Salpaj, Isopods, 

 Pteropods, young fi.shes, Macrurans. 



Station 3r Lat. 26° 18' N., long. 128' 54' W. Large l)lue Copepods. 

 Collozoum, Euphausia, two specimens; S.agittjc, GeryoJiia, young llying-fish. 

 Very poor haul. 



Station 4. Lat. 24 30' N., long. 130 16' W. Ilalobates, brilliant red 

 Globigerinae ; Collozoum, three or four species; two large blue Copepods, 

 a few small fishes, young flying-fishes ; young lanthina^ ; young Velella. 



Station 5. Blue Copepods, brilliant carmine GIobigerinjB, Pteropods, 

 Spinalis, Diphyes, Collozoum. 



Station 6. Lat. 20' 26' N., long. 133' 28' W. ; Saphirinaj and a few 

 Copepods; Collozoum, the same as thus far obtained, young flying-fish and 

 other small fishes; Globigerinas ; many small lilac Ostracods (poor haul). 



" H. O. Cliarts, 5'.>8, r.29. 



