1872.] 



' Shearwater ' Scientific Researches. 



591 



several observations taken at different times, a temperature of about 

 + 8° Cent. [44° Fahr.] on the bottom, in a depth of 300 fathoms, between 

 Iceland and the Faroe Islands. What a contrast to the distribution of 

 temperature in the Channel between the Faroe Islands and Shetland !" — 

 It is very interesting thus to find the deep Norwegian Fjords showing the 

 same phenomenon of uniform temperature as other deep land-locked Seas. 

 In my Report for 1869, 1 pointed out (§ 104) that the comparative shallow- 

 ness of the bottom between Iceland and the Faroe Islands would interpose 

 an effectual barrier to any glacial current moving southwards at a depth 

 exceeding 300 fathoms. 



The Hydrographer to the Admiralty has been good enough to furnish 

 me with the following very interesting series of Temperatures recently 

 taken in the Eastern Seas by Capt. Chimmo with the "protected" Ther- 

 mometers. — As only a single Thermometer was used in each observation, it 

 seems probable that the Temperatures marked (?) may be more or less 

 incorrect. 



Station... 



A. 



B. 



C. 



D. 



E. 



F. 





Surface ... 

 10 Fath. 

 40 

 50 

 70 



100 



150 



200 



250 



300 



350 



400 



450 



550 



750 



800 



850 



900 

 1100 

 1300 

 1400 

 1778 

 1800 

 1900 

 2270 

 •2:5()i ; 

 2656 

 2007 



°Fahr. 



85-0 



83-2 



82-8 



58-5 



430 

 42-8 



33- (?) 



34- 5 



°Fahr. 

 810 



348 



° Fahr. 

 82-8 

 82-8 

 82-2 



688 



54-2 



50 : 5 



402 



36-9 



352 



336 

 320 



° Fahr. 



82-5 



82-0 



540 



400 



40-7(?) 



39-0 



43 (?) 

 38-5 



° Fahr. 

 84-0 



71-5 



62-0 



51-0 



460 

 42-5 



41-5 

 37-0 

 37-5 



37-0 

 37-0 



°Fahr. 

 82-5 

 81-5 



65-0 

 56-2 



540 

 500 

 50-0 



Indian Ocean, between 



Ceylon and Sumatra. 

 Station A. Lat. 0° 35' N., 



Long. 89° 26' E. 

 Station B. Lat. 3° 24' N., 



Long. 84° 44' E. 

 Station C. Lat. 3° 18' S., 



Long. 95° 39' E. 



Celebes Sea. 

 Station D. Lat. 4° 14' N., 



Long. 123° 9' E. 



The comparatively high 

 bottom Temperature of 

 this Sea, notwithstanding 

 its great depth, is exactly 

 what might be expected 

 from its partially land- 

 locked position. 



China Sea, near Par accl's 



Islands. 

 Station E. Lat. 17° 50' N., 

 Long. 111° 24' E. 



Sulu Sea. 

 Station F. Lat, 8° 5' N., 

 Long. 119° 43'E. 



