A nut 2. 1873. 
Sr »ii' •** SI to 
32*. 
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ms Itwnmn 
UK) THE VOYAGE OF li.M.S. CHALLENGER. 
V m ■>, s hm writes : “ Larvae of Annelids, 3 mm. in length, were found for the 
first t i in * at sea. As we were in very deep water, it is probable that the adults live iu 
the gulf- weed.” 
Stations 31 to 32a (Soundings 78 to 80), St. Thomas to Bermuda (see Charts 
C and 8, and Diagram 2). 
April 3, 1873 ; lat. 31° 24' N., long. 65° O' W. 
Temperature of air at noon, 69 ’8 ; mean for the day, 68"'5. 
Temperature of water at surface, 69° - 5. 
At 0 a m. stopped and sounded in 2475 fathoms, deposit Globigerina Ooze, eontain- 
i 1 1 5470 l" r < nt. of carbonate oi lime, bottom temperature 36°’5 (Station 31). At 8 
a . v. proceeded under steam. At 11.30 a.m. stopped and sounded in 2250 fathoms, 
deposit Globigerina Ooze, containing 69’61 per cent, of carbonate of lime, bottom 
t« mperatuiv 36 7 (Station 32). At 1 r.M. proceeded under steam. At 3 p.m. 
ounded iu 1820 fathoms, deposit Coral Mud, containing 81 '86 per eent. of carbonate of 
lime (Station 32a). 
Station 32b. 
At 6 P.M. • >pped and sounded in 950 fathoms, deposit Coral Mud, containing 89‘36 
j*.r cent of carbonate of lime (Station 32b). 
Distance at noon from Bermuda, 26 miles. Made good 128 miles. Amount of 
current 5 miles, direction N. 1 1 W. 
T following species of l’teropoda, Foraminifera, and Diatoms were observed in the 
d< : - -it fr tii • si- Station (see also Murray and Renard, Deep-Sea Deposits Chall. Exp.) : — 
Ptbropoua (Pelseneer, Zool. pt. 65). 
Liinactna bull movie* (d’Orbigny). 
Fouamimki k (Brady, Zool. pt 22). — The pelagic species, which make up about 
|" r c< nt. of the carbonate of lime present in the deposit, are marked thus x : — 
IltlfjnJuui drprtma, d’Orbigny. 
„ ritujm* (Lamarck). 
fynroloe dli*-3 armU>narg», Brady 
„ rrtmala, Karrvr. 
M ilkoiima rultrxU't, Brady 
n trmtmulmm (LiooS). 
Arlieulina f anal it, Brady. 
Ilapbjihrcvpmum ylomcrafum, Brndy. 
Ttjrlulnria ayfflutinaru, d’Orbigny. 
Bulimina iV(/fo/a, Seguonza. 
Ii'Ainrvt rfilaJata, Bt’uaa. 
„ rvbudoy Brady. 
