378 "ALBATROSS" TROPICAL PACIPIC EXPEDITION. 



to the line of the slope of the volcanic mass, and have disappeared. The 

 sketch of the island of Saipan and others to the south, as shown on the 

 Hydrographic Chai'ts,^ would indicate the existence of a number of terraced 

 islands. On leaving Eota we entered the field of the " Challenger's " 

 soundings, and, stopping all work, shaped our course for Yokohama. 



1 H. O. Chart 1748. 



