LIST OF THE STATIONS 



OCCUPIED BY THE U. S. F. C. S. "ALBATROSS," DURING HER 

 CRUISE IN THE TROPICAL PACIFIC, 



August, 1899-March, 1900. 



SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, TO NUKUHIVA, MARQUESAS ISLANDS. 



Aug. 26 

 Aug. 27 



3 Aug. 28 



4 Aug. 29 



Aug. 30 



Aug. 31 



Sept. 1 

 Sept. 2 



Sept. 3 



Sept. 4 

 Sept. 5 



Sept. 7 



Sept, 8 

 Sept. 9 

 Sept. 10 



31 10 

 28 23 



26 IS 

 21 45 



22 12 

 20 26 



18 19 



17 13 

 16 52 

 16 38 

 14 38 



12 07 

 9 57 



6 41 



4 35 

 2 38 

 50 



123 00 

 126 57 



128 54 

 130 16 



131 54 



133 28 



134 57 



136 09 



136 12 



136 14 



136 44 



137 18 

 137 47 



137 00 



136 54 



137 22 

 137 54 



69 



70 



34.6 



34.6 

 34.6 



35.2 



1955 

 2368 



2740 

 2310 



2766 

 3003 

 3088 

 2646 



2883 

 2690 



2776 



2583 

 2440 

 2463 



Red clay. Light 

 brown ooze. 



Light browii ooze, 



same as at St. 2. 



Red clay. 

 Light brown ooze, 



same as at St. 2. 



Red clay. 

 Dark brown mud 



ooze. Red clay. 



Red clay. Dark brown 

 ooze. Very sticky 



Red clay- 

 Red clay, radiol. 

 Red clay. Light 



brown ooze, coarse 



mineral particles. 



Radiolarian ooze. 

 Gray ooze glob. 



Foram. no radiola- 



rians. Not sticky. 

 Fine gray ooze. Ra- 



diolarians. 

 Light yellow gray 



glob. ooze. 

 Light yellow gray 

 lob. ooze. 



Lost thermometer and detacher ; 320 

 miles from PoiAt Conception. 



150 miles from Guadalupe Island, 500 

 miles from Point Conception. Large 

 haul of manganese nodules, sharks' 

 teeth, and cetacean bones. 



Too rough to trawl ; distant from 

 Guadalupe Island 800 miles, from 

 Point Conception 960 miles. 



Distant from Guadalupe Island 900 

 miles, from Sebastian Viscaino 1060 

 miles. 



Deepest part of Moser Basin. 

 Passing out of deepest part of Moser 

 Basin. 



Large balls of niaugauese nodules, ce- 

 tacean bones, sharks' teeth. 



To Hawaiian Islands 1500 miles, to 



Marquesas 660 miles. 

 Sea too heavy to sound after this till 



Sept. 13. 



