230 Dr. W. B. Carpenter on Physical Investigations [June 15, 



Soundings and Dredgings obtained on Passage eeom 

 Disco to England. 



In Davis Strait. 



No. of 

 Station. 



Lat. 



Long. 



Depth 

 in fms. 



Nature of 

 bottom. 



Bottom- 

 temp. 



Eemarks. 



1. 



2. 



3. 

 4. 



6. 



6. 

 7. 

 8. 



9. 



N. 



70 30 

 70 27 



69 31 

 67 56 



66 55 



64 5 

 63 9 

 62 6 



59 10 



W. 



54 41 



55 



56 1 

 55 27 



55 30 



56 47 

 56 43 

 55 56 



50 25 



175 



85 



100 

 20 



57 



410 

 1100 

 1350 



1750 



Sand, mud. 





Dredging. 

 Ditto. 



Ditto. 

 Ditto. 



Ditto. 



Serial temperature, dredging. 

 Ditto ditto. 



Dredging. 



Grravel, 

 stones. 

 Mud. 



vnVpn Via v- 



nacles and 

 shells. 



Eock^ sand, 

 shells. 



Sand, mud. 



Clay, mud. 



Mud (blue 



clay under). 

 Ditto. 











34-6 

 36-4 

 34-6 



34-0 



lii North Atlantic. 



10. 

 11. 



12. 



13. 

 14. 

 15. 



16. 



58 14 

 57 50 



56 11 



56 1 

 55 58 

 55 58 



55 10 



46 29 

 44 52 



37 41 



34 42 

 31 41 

 28 42 



25 58 



1660 

 1860 



1450 



690 

 1230 

 1485 



1785 



Fine sand. 

 Grlobigerina 



ooze. 

 Glob. -ooze, 



stone. 

 Glob. -ooze 



Mud. 

 Clay, blue 



mud. 

 Glob. -ooze 

 (blue mud 

 under). 



34-3 

 33-4 



36-3 



38-2 

 36-8 

 36-5 



36-7 



Serial temperature. 



Serial temperature, dredging. 



Dredging. 



Serial temperature. 



Dredging. 



N.B. In the accompanying Chart (Plate 2) the outward course of the voyage is shown 

 by a plain line, and the homeward or return course by a dotted line. 



XXV. fteport on the Physical Investigations carried on by P. 

 Herbert Carpenter, B.A., in H.M.S. ^ Valorous ^ during 

 her Return Voyage from Disco Island in August 1875.'''' By 

 William B. Carpenter, C.B., M.D., F.E.S. Eeceived June 

 15, 1876. 



Introduction. 



The despatch of H.M.S. ' Valorous ' to Disco Island, in the summer of 

 1875, with stores for the use of the Arctic Discovery Ships, having 

 afforded an opportunity for the prosecution of a Deep-Sea Physical and 

 Biological Exploration of the Korth Atlantic and Baffin's Bay, which 

 should be complementary to the work elsewhere carried on by the 

 ' Challenger,' a suggestion for the prosecution of this inquiry on the 

 return voyage of the ' Valorous ' was made by the Council of the Eoyal 



