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DREDGINGS OF THE FRENCH STEAMER TALISMAN, 1883. 



The Talisman coDtinued the researches carried on by the Travailleur 

 in 1880-'82, and extended from the coast of Portugal along the west 

 coast of Africa, touching at the Canaries, to about 17o ;N". latitude; 

 thence westward to the Cape de Yerde Islands; thence northwestwardly 

 to latitude 31^ 34', longitude 41° 15' ; thence northeasterly to the Azores, 

 and thence back to France. 



