484 Mr. J. Murray on Oceanic Deposits examined 



34° 48' W. A Globigerina-ooze (same as yesterday) ; a few grey- 

 coloured concretions in the trawl. 



Sounding 109. 28th June, 1873. 1240 fathoms. Lat. 38° 34' N., long. 

 32° 47' W. A Qlobigerina-ooze containing : — Grreat numbers of pe- 

 lagic Foranrinifera, Coccoliths, and Ehabdoliths ; otoliths of fish ; 

 Cypridina-YSbLvea ; HJchini-sipmes ; Bilocullna and other Foraminif era ; 

 a few Eadiolaria ; many mineral particles, red, white, and black ; 

 volcanic sand. 



Sounding 110. 30th June, 1873. 1000 fathoms. Lat. 38° 30' N., long. 

 31° 14' W. A Globigerina-ooze containing : — Many pelagic Fora- 

 minifera ; Pteropods, Heteropods, and other surface shells ; otoliths 

 of fish, Cyjpridma-Y&lves, i&7i? m-spines, &c. ; a few Eadiolaria ; a 

 good many mineral particles, chiefly volcanic sand and pumice. 



Sounding 111. 1st July, 1873. 1350 fathoms. Lat. 38° 22' N., long. 

 29° 37' W. A Globigerina-ooze containing : — Very many pelagic 

 Foraminif era ; Coccoliths and Ehabdoliths; amorphous calcareous 

 matter ; a good many Eadiolarian and siliceous spines ; many fine 

 mineral particles, chiefly pumice and grains of volcanic sand. 



Sounding between Fayal and Pico. 450 fathoms. 8 miles N.E. of Aorta. 

 A grey mud containing : — Many mineral particles, as pumice, vol- 

 canic sandy particles (mica) ; many pelagic and other Foramini- 

 fera ; Pteropods, Heteropods, surface Grasteropods, and small laval 

 Lamellibranchs ; a few siliceous spines. 



Sounding 112. 3rd July, 1873. 900 fathoms. Lat, 38° 11' N., long. 

 27° 9' W. A white Globigerina-ooze containing : — Many pelagic 

 Foraminifera ; broken Pteropocl shells, Coccoliths, and Ehabdoliths, 

 &c. ; a great deal of volcanic sand and disintegrating pumice ; a few 

 Eadiolarians and siliceous spines. 



Sounding 114. 10th July, 1873. 1000 fathoms. Off San Miguel Is- 

 land. A grey mud containing : — Many fine and large particles of 

 pumice, and black, red, and white particles of volcanic sand ; some 

 pelagic Foranrinifera, Pteropods, and other surface shells. 



Sounding 115. 11th July, 1873. 2025 fathoms. Lat. 36° 21' N., long. 

 23° 31' W. A white Globigerina-ooze containing : — Very many 

 pelagic Foraminifera, Coccoliths and Ehabdoliths ; a good deal of 

 pumice and volcanic sand (mica) ; a few Eadiolarians. 



Sounding 116. 12th July, 1873. 2660 fathoms. Lat. 35° 3' I., long. 

 21° 25' ~W. A white Globigerina-ooze containing : — Many pelagic 

 Foraminifera and their broken parts ; a few Coccoliths and Ehabdo- 

 liths ; a good deal of amorphous calcareous matter ; a good many 

 mineral particles, pumice, quartz, mica, &c. ; a few Eadiolarians. 



Sounding 117. 13th July, 1873. 2675 fathoms. Lat. 34° 11' N., long. 

 19° 52' W. A white Globigerina-ooze containing: — Much amor- 



