8 INTRODUCTION 



vessel ^Sigym: 5'" to 18'^ from Rio Janeiro to 18° S. 31^ W. 

 Stations: Vestmannao, 2 samples, Faroes, 2 samples, Azores, 4 

 samples. — Number of samples 78. 



December: British Steamer » Tucomani> : 1'" to 15'", from 14° S. 

 36° W. to 29° S. 49° W. — French Steamers ^Canada": 2^ to 12'^ 

 from 19° N. 58° W. to 44° N. 10° W., »La Gascogne^ : 1'" to 3'*, 

 from 46°- N. 50° W. to 42° N. 63° W., 11'" to 17'^ from 41° N. 

 66° W to 50° N. 9° W. and 25'" to 31'", from 50° N. 12^^ W. to 

 43° N. 61° W., y>La Touratne» r 4'" to 10'", from 41° N. 66° W. 

 to 50° N. 18° W. — The Swedish Corvette *Freya^ : 21'" to 31'", from 

 28° N. 17° W. to 29° N. 14° W. — The vessel ^Sigym: 20'", at 18° N. 

 QT W. Stations: Vestmannao, 2 samples, Faroes, 2 samples, Azores, 

 3 samples. — Number of samples 55. 



1899 January: French Steamer i>La Gascogney : 1"* to 13'", 

 from 41° N. 69° W. to 50° N. 20° W. Swedish Corvette tFn-ya-*: 

 2* to 10*", from 31° N. 16° W. to 29° N. 16° W. Stations: Vest- 

 mannao, 5 samples, Faroes, 2 samples. — Number of samples 22. 



February: Swedish vessel ySigyn^: 19'" to 22", from 32" N. 

 47° W. to 34° N. 40° W. — Stations: Faroes, 2 samples. — Number 

 of samples 5. 



March: Dutch steamer yOranje Nassau » : 18'" to 29'", from 

 48° N. 6° W. to 18° N. 45° W. — The Swedish Corvette >Freyav : 12'", 

 at 35° N. 16° W. The vessels y>Stgyn^: 11'" to 13'", from 47° N. 8° W. 

 to 49° N. 9° W., ^Thyra^: 9'" to 29'", from 62° N. 7° W. to 

 65° N. 24° W., »Capellay.: 8'" to 12'", from 62° N. 1° E. to 

 71° N. 4° W. — Stations: Faroes, 1 sample. — Number of samples 36. 



April: Dutch Steamer -^Oranje Nassau-/)-. 8'" to 27'", from 

 9° N. 59° W. to 36° N. 74° W. — The Swedish Corvette ^Freya^ : 1'" to 

 11*", from 37° N. 9° W. to 50° N. 6° W. — The vessel ^Capella^: 27'" 

 to 29'", from 73° N. 9° E. to 74° N. 8°E. — Stations: Vestmannao, 

 2 samples, Faroes, 2 samples. — Number of samples 25. 



May: British Steamer »Lake Superior*: 20'" to 27'", from 

 47° N. 57° W. to 51° N. 14° W. — Dutch Frigate »Atjeh^: 24'" to 31'", 

 from 33° S. 16° E. to 24° S. 7° E., Steamer y>Orar)je Nassau^: 

 6'" to 7'", from 38° N. 74° W. to 35° N. 75° W. Swedish E.rpr- 

 dition to Greenland under A. G. Nathorst: 26'" to 31*", from 58° 

 N. 9° E. to 61° N. 1° E. The vessels ^Capella^: 5'" to 30'", from 

 75° N. 5° W. to 70° N. 0° W., »Ceres»; 15'" to 30'", from 58° N. 

 9° E. to 66° N. 24° W., » Victoria^ : 6'" to 13'", at 62° N. 2° E. 



