216 Revieivs — Wyville TJiotuson's ^^ Depths of the Sea." 



Jolin Eoss's Arctic expedition in 1818, quite well recollects that whilst 

 sounding in Baffin's Bay, in 1000 fathoms in mud, between one and 

 two miles off shore, a magnificent Asterias (Caput Medusee) was 

 entangled by the line (see Woodcut, Fig. 1), whilst the soft greenish 

 mud contained living specimens oi Lumbricus tubicola (p. 19). 



1. Asternphyton Lincfcii, Muller and Troschel. 

 enlarged. (From p. 19.) 



A young specimen slightly 



" On the 28th June, 1845, Mr. Henry Goodsir, who was a member 

 of Sir John Franklin's ill-fated expedition, obtained in Davis' Strait, 

 from a depth of 300 fathoms, ' a capital haul — mollusca, Crustacea, 

 asteridea, spatangi, corallines, etc' The bottom was composed of 

 fine green mud, like that mentioned by Sir Edward Sabine." (p. 21.) 



About 1854 Passed Midshipman Brooke, U.S.N., invented his 

 ingenious sounding instrument for bringing up samples from the 

 bottom. It only brought up a small quantity in a quill, but comiug 

 from a depth of over 1000 fathoms, it was of course an object of no 



