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"ALBATROSS" TROPICAL PACIFIC EXPEDITION. 



Sept. 25 



15 01.4 



14 56 



148 25 



148 44 



125; 



Coarse coral sand, 

 broken shells aud 

 glob. 



Pteropodooze. Glob. 

 Manganese parti- 

 cles (?). 



Pteropod ooze, few 

 globig. 



Globig. ooze, small 

 manganese nodules 



Pteropod ooze, fine 

 coral sand. Globig. 

 ooze. Small man- 

 ganese nodules. 



Coarse coral sand. 

 Volcanic (?) parti- 

 cles. Manganese (?) 



Coarse coral sand. 



Glob. ooze. Coral 

 sand. Volcanic (?) 

 particles. 



Coarse coral sand. 

 Globigeriuae. Vol- 

 canic (?) particles. 



1 mile from last position. 



This sounding is deeper than one off 

 Rangiroa at same distance from shore. 



2 miles from last position. 



3 miles from last position. Same 



normal. 

 5 miles from last position. Same 



normal. 

 8 miles from last position. Same 



normal. 

 Changed course to go round the north 



side of the Island of Matahiva. 

 3 mUes from last station, going north. 



2^ miles off west shore of Matahiva. 

 4 miles off southwest shore of Ma- 

 tahiva. 



Off south shore of Matahiva, about 7^ 

 miles farther off shore than St. 59. 



MAT.iHIVA TO MAKATEA AND TO PaPIETE, TaHITI IsLAND. 



762 Lightgrayglob.ooze. 



Glob, ooze and mud 



(volcanic?), allied 



to red clay. 

 Globigeriuae and 



mud allied to red 



clay. 

 Coarse coral sand. 



Coarse coral sand 

 Small manganese 

 nodules. 



Volcanic mud. Man- 

 ganese nodule 

 Globigeriuae. 



Volcanic mud. Glo- 

 bigerinae. 



Coarse volcanic mud 

 Globigeriuae. 



Fine volcanic mud. 



yellow brown. 

 Coarse volcanic mud. 

 Manganese(?) nodule. 

 Fine volcanic sand. 



Coral sand. Globig- 



St. 61 to 180 referred to H. O Chart 

 No. 77, corrected to 1899. 

 On way to Makatea. 



About ly% miles off the bluff on west 

 side of central part of Makatea. 



5 miles south of Makatea. 



This is the first of a line of soundings 

 from Makatea to Tahiti. St. 65 to 72. 



20 miles from last station. 

 10 miles from last station. 



4^ miles N. 32° E. from Point Venus. 

 6 miles from last station. 

 4 miles N. 54° W. from Point Venus. 

 6 miles from last station. 



