380 D, ©. Gilman—Geographical Notices. 
the’Gulf Stream, and to take deep soundings and tempera- 
tures within those limits. From his communication to the 
Royal Geographical Society, we gather the following facts. 
He sailed from Halifax, July 1, 1868. 
1. Lat. 43° 20’, long. 60° W., 30 miles south of Sable Isl- 
and, a sounding was obtained of 2600 fathoms, or 15,600 feet, 
nearly 3 miles ; with a weight of 232 Ibs. and Brooke’s appa- 
ratus, the rod brought up, after four hours patient hauling, 
foraminiferee, in their various forms, chiefly globigerine, the 
interior of those fully developed being coated with fine quartz- 
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2. West edge of the Grand Banks, A sounding of 1500 
fathoms, 9000 feet, brought up quartzose sand, with globular 
orms of calcareous formation, and some alge with parasitical 
attachments. The temperature of this mud or ooze was 50 ; 
but at 1000 fathoms the thermometer showed 40° 3’, and at 
500 fathoms only 39° 5’, the sea surface being 60°. 
. Having run north of the limit of the Gulf Stream, he 
stood to the southward, and at a depth of 1500 fathoms the 
cup brought up the usual gray impalpable mud or ooze. tem- 
‘perature at surface 65°, and at 100 fathoms 15°. 
4. Thirty miles south of the Grand Bank, where the deepest 
fathoms below, 62°, 300 fathoms below, 55°, and at 1000 fath- 
tempera’ : 
7. Lat, 46°, 25 miles from the edge of the bank, a sounding 
of 1000 fathoms 
of various colors. 
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