SUMMARY OF RESULTS. 
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Stations VIIt. to VIIv. (Soundings 41 to 43), off Canary Islands (see Chart 5). 
February 11, 1873. 
Temperature of air at noon, 65°‘8 ; mean for the day, 64°’3. 
Temperature of water : — 
Surface, .... 
650 
600 fathoms, 
44-7 
100 fathoms, 
59-3 
700 „ 
43-2 
200 „ ... 
55-0 
800 ,, 
41-9 
300 „ ... 
51-6 
900 „ 
40-8 
loo „ ... 
48-9 
1000 „ 
40'0 
500 „ ... 
46-5 
At 6.40 a.m. sounded in 1750 fathoms, deposit Volcanic Mud, containing 36'50 per 
cent, of carbonate of lime, bottom temperature 37°'5 (Station VIIt.); at 12.30 p.m. 
sounded in 1340 fathoms, deposit Volcanic Mud, bottom temperature 38 0, 5 (Station 
Viler.) ; and at 4.45 p.m. in 1620 fathoms, deposit Volcanic Mud, bottom temperature 
37° ‘5 (Station VIIv.): At 7.30 p.m. made all plain sail, and proceeded towards 
Gomera Island. 
The following species of Crustacea is recorded in error as having been obtained at 
this Station : — 
Macrura (Spence Bate, Zool. pt. 52). 
Eryoneicus ceecus, n.g., n.sp. One specimen. This is undoubtedly an error as to 
locality, the specimen was procured at Station 87 (which see). 
Surface Organisms. — The following are noted as having been captured in the surface 
tow-nets : — Porpita, and shells of Spirula. 
Sfca.tion VIII. (Sounding 44), off Canary Islands (see Chart 5). 
February 12, 1873 ; lat. 28° 3' 15" N., long. 17’ 27' W. 
Temperature of air at noon, 63°*8 ; mean for the day, 61 0, 7. 
Temperature of water : — 
Surface, . 
50 fathoms, 
100 
>> 
64 - 5 200 fathoms, 
64-0 300 
63-0 
57-6 
54-2 
Stations VIIt. to 
VIIv. 
Organisms from 
Surface-nets, 
Station VIII. 
Depth, 620 fathoms ; deposit, Volcanic Mud, containing 29’02 per cent, of 
carbonate of lime (see Murray and Renard, Deep-Sea Deposits Chall. Exp.). 
