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least one special essay. The papeps published 

 b^' several foreign governments have liecn of 

 great importance, particularly the treatises by 

 Grimm, upon the (ishes and fisheries of Uussia, 

 and by Ai)ostolides, upon tho.se of Greece. 

 Those issued oHicially by the exhibition have 

 been numerous, and, if the truth must be told, 

 by no means of equal merit. None, however, 

 are without value ; and several, especially those 

 b)' Huxley, Levi, llubrocht, Lankester, and 

 Day. are important contributions to science. 



The official catalogue, edited by 'Sir. A. J. 

 K. Trcndell of the South Kensington museum. 

 well known in America as the secretary of 

 the British commission to our exhibition in 

 187(J at Piiiladelphia. is in itself a contribu- 

 tion to knowledge, and a model for the 

 guidance of future exhibition administrations. 

 Each section is introduced by an essay by 

 some recognized authority, and signed. Much 

 serious work has been done by the English 

 jjcriodicals in recording the teachings of the ex- 

 liil)ition. Xatnre. under the head of • Zoology 

 at the fisheries exhibition,' has had a review 

 of the vertel)rates by Professor Giglioli, and of 

 the invertebrates by Professor Ray Lankes- 

 ter ; also a iiaper on the present state of tish- 

 cullnre as illustrated at the exhibition, by Jfr. 

 Earll. The birds have i)een considered by 

 Jlr. Howard Saunders in the Jhis, and bj' ;Mr. 

 J. E. Harting in the Zoologist. Sir. Gwynn 

 JeflTreys described the molluscan collections in 

 the Annah (did mar/azitie of natural historic. 

 Sir. Dunell, Mr. AV. 15. Tegctmeier, Jlr. Senior, 

 and others have reviewed the technological 

 features in the Field, and Mr. Fell Woods, the 

 oyster-collections in Land and water; while 

 Engineering has had gin elaborate series of 

 illustrated i)apers upon the vessels and scien- 

 tific instruments, devoting several luimbers to 

 describing the U. S. steamer Albatross and its 

 equipment, and to American devices for the 

 exploration of the depths of the sea. 



An otlicial review, elaborately illustrated, of 

 the exliil)ition and its teachings, is being pre- 

 pared for the British government by Hon. 

 Spencer AValpole, governor of the Isle of JIan, 

 well known as the colleague of Huxley and 

 Buckland in the various fishery commissions 

 from time to time instituted by Parliament. 



Nearly every European government has sent 

 hither specialists to report upon special sub- 

 jects. Among the most eminent of these men 

 of science have been Dr. Steindachner of 

 Vienna, Dr. Sauvage of Paris, Dr. Mobius 

 of Kiel, Professor Benecke of Konigsbcrg, 

 Professor llubrecht and Dr. Van Beinmelen 

 of Utrecht, Piofessor Giijlioli of Florence, Dr. 



von Grimm of St. Petersburg, Dr. Mabngren 

 of Finland, Professor Torell of Stockholm, Dr. 

 Buch of C'hristiania, Mr. E. P. Kauisay of 

 Sydney, Capt. Comernia of the Spanish navy, 

 and Col. Sola of Madrid. Tiie re|torts yet to 

 be published will perhaps swell the literature 

 of the exhibition to double its present bulk, 

 and will be of interest to investigators in every 

 department. 



The exhibition was formally closed on the 

 31st of October by the Prince of Wales, who 

 in his speech u|)on this occasion made certain 

 very fitting allusions to the work of his father. 

 Prince Albert, in the promotion of interna- 

 tional exhibitions. G. Bkown Gooue. 



.-1 FOUR-DAYS' CRUISE OF THE ALBA- 

 TROSS.^ 



We left AVood's Holl at 1.10 p.m., Sept. 

 2!), for an ortshore dredgiug-trip. The weath- 

 er was clear and ])leasaut. with light southerly 

 winds and smooth sea. 



At 9.0'2 A.M. the following day, we sounded 

 in 1,342 fathoms. — bottom, globigerina ooze ; 

 latitude 3!)° 29' north, longitude '70° 58' 40" 

 west, — and at ;)..'!.S put over the beam-trawl, 

 veering to l.'JOO fathoms of ro[)e. It was up 

 again at 1.03 p.ji., the net containing a large 

 number of specimens. [Station 2,09.5.] 



The trawl was cast again at 2.44 1'..m., in 

 1,451 fathoms, latitude 39° 22' 20" north, lon- 

 gitude 70° 52' 20" west. The bottom specimen 

 brouglit up in the Sigsbee cup was the same 

 as that of the former cast: but the trawl con- 

 tained a granite stone weighing a hundred and 

 sevent}- ])ounds, several small stones, small 

 pieces of cinder, and lumps of hard clay : 

 there were al.so .several small specimens of 

 what appeared to be oxidized iron. The haul 

 was very successful, being particularly rich in 

 foraminifera. [Station 2,09(!.] 



As soon as the trawl was up, a set of serial 

 temperatures and specific gravities was taken 

 to 1,000 fathoms. A temperature of CC° was 

 found at 25 fathoms, 65^° at GO fathoms, and 

 57i° at 40 fathoms. These strata of cold and 

 warm watt'r are liie rule rather thyu tiic ex- 

 ception, in this locality; lint, thinking that 

 possiblj' the observation at 40 fathoms had 

 been read incorrectly, it was verified, using 

 another instrument, which registered 55|°. 



At 8.22 P.M. we started ahead south |- west 



> Keport lo I'lnf. S. K. BAiriD, K. S, commissioner of (IbIi nnd 

 fishcrica, by I.ienl.-fommanaer Z. I,. Tasxkk, I'.S.V., com. 

 mandiiig U. S (ii*li-commi»»ion i*lonmcr, Albntross, l{in<lly placed 

 at our 8tT\*ice by Proft'Hunr Baird. Some of lt)c appcnilii'i-.* are 

 abbreviated to ttave repetition. 



