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Proceedings of the Royal Society 
Seaward Slopes of Oceanic Islands and Shoals. 
Locality. 
Slope. { 
Depth 
Intervals. 
Differ- 
Distance 
between 
Tangent 
of Angle 
Angle 
of 
ence. , 
of 
( 
From 
Fms. 
To 
Fms. 
Soundings. 
Slope. 
Slope. 
Dacia bank. 
West. 
110 
333 
223 
0°25 
0-92 
43 
99 
S.W. 
330 
619 
289 
1*00 
0-29 
16 
619 
884 
225 
1*00 
0*23 
13 
99 
97 
629 
532 
1-50 
0-36 
20 
South. 
79 
335 
256 
0-50 
0-51 
27 
335 
757 
422 
1*50 
0-28 
16 
East. 
100 
200 
Precipitous. 
9 9 
200 
430 
230 
0-25 
0-92 
43 
430 
605 
175 
1-50 
0-12 
7 
1605 
1102 
479 
2*00 
0-25 
14 
North. 
72 
306 
234 
075 
0-31 
18 
Seine bank. 
306 
751 
445 
2-00 
0*22 
13 
South. 
107 
530 
423 
1-00 
0*42 
23 
, 
East. 
120 
598 
478 
2-00 
0-24 
13 
9 9 
p 9 
N.E. 
99 
215 
116 
2-00 
0-06 
3 
P 9 
215 
679 
464 
2-00 
0*23 
13 
99 
Bermuda. 
North. 
111 
1149 
1038 
3-00 
0-35 
19 
S.E. 
115 
420 
305 
0-45 
0-68 
34 
99 
27 
315 
288 
0-45 
0-64 
33 
j5 
99 
55 
307 
252 
0-60 
0-42 
23 
99 
9 9 
26 
329 
303 
070 
0-43 
24 
pp 
326 
400 
71 
0-45 
0*10 
5 
p p 
9 9 
9 9 
33 
160 
127 
0-20 
0-64 
33 
5 > 
160 
380 
220 
0-60 
0-37 
21 
p j 
9 9 
35 
355 
320 
0-65 
0-50 
27 
p 9 
99 
9 9 
355 
780 
425 
1-60 
0-27 
15 
p P 
24 
240 
216 
0-60 
0-36 
20 
9 9 
18 
200 
182 
0*55 
0-33 
19 
20 
380 
180 
0-60 
0-30 
17 
99 
p P 
320 
435 
115 
0-70 
0-17 
9 
60 
235 
175 
0-45 
0*39 
22 
p p 
11 
260 
251 
0-28 
0-89 
42 
N.E. 
30 
225 
195 
0*30 
0-65 
33 
p P 
9 9 
16 
180 
164 
0-40 
0-41 
23 
99 
180 
250 
70 
0-20 
0-35 
19 
P p 
21 
137 
116 
0-25 
0-46 
25 
p p 
PP 
25 
145 
120 
0-25 
0-48 
26 
99 
West. 
42 
1950 
1908 
3-50 
0*55 
29 
South. 
26 
230 
204 
0-40 
0-51 
27 
99 
9 9 
Challenger ' 
bank. I 
99 
9 9 
506 
1075 
569 
2-30 
0*25 
14 
30 
950 
920 
270 
0-29 
17 
West. 
36 
1350 
1314 
2-50 
0-52 
28 
)} 
North. 
1350 
2175 
825 
3-70 
0-22 
13 
9 9 
175 
1250 
1075 
1-30 
0-83 
40 
Bermuda is a coral island, crowning an eminence, which rises 
abruptly out of the deepest water of the North Atlantic. Besides 
the island of Bermuda, this eminence carries two shoals or hanks to 
