986 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FJSH AND FISHERIES. [11 f] 



DEEDGIKG STATIONS OF THE ITALIAN STEAMER WASH- 

 INGTON IN THE MEDITERRANEAN, 1881. 



The Washington was under the command of Commander G. B. Mag- 

 naghi, of the Italian navy, and the dredgings were under the direction 

 of Prof. Enrico Hillyer Giglioli. The report from which these positions 

 are taken was published in the Report of the Third International Geo- 

 graphical Congress ("Terzo Congresso Geografico Internazionale") held 

 in Venice in 1881, published in Rome 1882. 



Dredgings hy tlie Italian steamer Washington, 1881. 



Cm 



CH 















Longi- 



1-2 g-a 



Date. 



Latitude 



tude east, 



13 1| 



north. 



Green- 

 wich. 



tz; |!^^ 













1881. 



/ " 



O / II 



1 



1 



Aug. 2 



41 08 45 



8 34 21 



2 



2 



Aug. 3 



41 02 48 



8 32 20 



2 



3 



Aug. 3 



to 



to 



2 



4 



Aug. 3 



41 05 01 



8 32 23 



3 



5 



Aug. 4 



41 10 27 



8 15 41 



4 



6 



Aug. 4 



41 15 09 



8 10 41 



5 



7 



Aug. 8 



41 10 00 



8 12 00 



6 



8 



Aug. 8 



41 13 10 



8 12 24 



7 



9 



Aug. 8 



41 14 38 



8 18 05 



8 



10 



Aug. 9 



41 24 42 



7 43 28 



9 





Aug. 9 

 Aug. 10 







10 



11 



41 23 38 



7 08 54 



11 



12 



Aug. 10 



41 18 42 



6 54 02 



12 



13 



Aug. 11 



39 51 40 



6 44 40 



13 



14 



Aug. 13 



39 15 37 



9 26 37 



13 



15 



Aug. 13 



39 03 46 



9 27 47 



14 



16 



Aug. 13 



39 01 28 



9 30 19 



15 



17 



Aug. 14 



38 38 04 



9 45 56 



16 



18 



Aug. 14 



38 50 26 

 to 



9 39 15 

 to 



36 



19 



Aug. 14 



38 50 15 



9 42 50 



17 



20 



Aue. 15 



39 23 07 



9 40 53 



37 



21 



Aug. 15 



39 21 50 



9 40 08 



18 



22 



Aug. 15 



39 20 58 



9 37 02 



19 



23 



Aug. 16 



39 40 40 



9 54 12 



20 



24 



Aug. 16 



39 43 28 



9 50 22 



21 



25 



Aug. 16 



39 49 40 



9 49 08 



22 



26 



Aug. 16 



39 58 32 



9 48 08 



23 



27 



Aug. 17 



40 32 16 



10 12 30 



24, 



28 



Aug. 17 



40 37 08 



10 40 05 



25 



29 



Aug. 18 



40 44 40 



11 22 00 



26 



30 



Aug. 18 



40 44 20 



11 33 22 



27 



31 



Aug. 19 



40 29 00 



12 34 00 



28 





Aug. 19 



40 10 13 



12 26 00 



29 



32 



Aug. 26 



40 37 32 



14 09 52 



9q 



^3 



Aug. 26 

 Aug. 26 







30 



34 



40 26 52 



14 07 15 



31 



35 



Aug. 27 



39 20 28 



13 10 38 



82 



36 



Aug. 28 



38 05 00 



11 59 40 



33 



37 



Aug. 28 



37 55 50 



11 53 15 



33 



38 



Aug. 28 



37 52 55 



11 56 40 



34 











35 











36 





Aug. 29 



36 55 00 



11 15 00 



37 



■- } 



to 



to 



to 



38 



•- 1 



Sept. 2 



37 15 00 



12 44 00 



39 



-1 









40 



-J 









Depth. 



Nature of bot- 

 tom. 



Locality. 



Fathoms. 

 437 

 246 



202-230 



92-155 



1,176 



128-303 

 1,094 

 1,173 



1,531 

 1,553 



1,588 

 1,534 

 1,590 



278 



359 



422-470 

 875 

 221 



450 

 225 

 615 

 208 

 849 



341-477 



33 



216 



281-514 

 979 



1, 142-1, 307 



1,229 



1, 703 



1,985 



223-235 



87-197 



585 



219 



450 

 437 



Meters. 

 800 

 450 

 157 



370-420 



168-284 



2, 150 



235-555 



2,000 



2,145 



2, 800 

 2, 840 



2, 0\W 



2, 8()o 



2, 908 



508 



656 



772-860 



1,600 



404 



822 



412 



1, 125 



381 



1,553 



623-856 



60 



395 



514-940 



1,790 



2. 188-2, 390 

 2, 247 

 3, 115 

 3,630 

 407-430 

 159-360 

 1,070 

 3,624 



400 



823 

 800 



Mud 



Very fine mud 

 Mud 



Madrepores 



do 



Mud(?) 



Madrepores 



Dredge lost 



Fine tenacious 



yellow mud. 

 Tenacious mud . 

 Giayish-yellow 



mild. 



Mud 



Tenacious mud . 

 Dredge empty .. 

 Mud 



...do 



...do 



Yellow mud 



Sandy mud 



Yellowish mud . 

 Dredge empty . . 



Mud 



Mud; dredgelost 

 Yellow mud ... 



...do 



Sand; algse 



Mud 



Rocky 



Tenacious mud 



Mud. 

 ...do 



Mud. 

 ...do 



Mud 



Sand and yellow 

 mud. 



Mud 



1 Banks produc- 

 > ing precious 

 ) coral. 



North of Sardinia. 



Do. 

 Northwest of Sar- 

 dinia. 



Do. 



Do. 



Do. 



Do. 



Do. 



Do. 



Do. 

 Do. 



Do. 



Do. 

 West of Sardinia. 

 Southwest of Sar- 

 dinia. 



Do. . 



Do. 



Do. 



Do. 



Do. 



East of Sardinia. 



Do. 



Do. 



Do. 



Do. 



Do. 



Do. 



Do. 

 Between Sardinia 

 and Naples. 



Do. 



Do. 



Do. 



Do. 

 South of Naples. 



Do. 



Do. 

 Between Naples 



and Sicily. 

 West of Sicily. 



Do. 

 Do. 



Between Sicily and 

 Africa. 



* About 110 fathoms. 

 t About 200 meters. 



