Stamo> 60. 
dnnos 61. 
\ MM ALA from 
Tmavu 
24s the voyage of h.m.s. challenger. 
Cho ‘.Hod us sloctnii, Bl. Sclm. One specimen; obtained also at Stations 104, 191, 
216a, and 235, 565 to 2500 fathoms. Recorded from Medi- 
terranean and Atlantic. 
The following animals were also in the trawl : — Two Medusae, a large Sagitta, large 
t ; • .. several Sa!pte, and small fish. From its contents the naturalists were of opinion 
that the trawl had not touched the bottom. 
0 
710 
200 fathoms, 
•67-2 
300 
66 0 
400 n . . . 
65-0 
500 „ . . . 
64-0 
Bottom, 
Station 61 (Sounding 125), Bermuda to Azores (see Chart 6 and Diagram 3) 
June 17, 1873 ; lat. 34° 54' N., long. 56° 38' W, 
Temperature of air at noon, 76 o- 0 ; mean for the day, 73 0, 5. 
Temperature of water : — 
Surface, . 
25 fathoms, 
50 „ - 
75 „ . . 
100 „ . . 
Density at 60° F. at surface T02708. 
D. pth, 2850 fathoms; deposit, Red Clay, containing 8 ‘02 per cent, of carbonate of 
lime, and concretions covered with manganese, to one of which a Scalpellum 
was attached (see Murray and Renard, Deep-Sea Deposits Cliall. Exp.). 
At 6.30 a.m. shortened and furled sails, and got up steam to sound and trawl. At 
7 a.m. put trawl over. At 10 a.m. sounded in 2850 fathoms. At 1 p.m. commenced 
1 .vn g in trawl, which came up at 3 p.m. containing a few specimens. At 4 p.m. com- 
I !• <1 serial temperatures down to 500 fathoms, and at 4.10 p.m. made all plain sail. 
Di-tanc- from Fayal at noon, 1356 miles. Made good 117 miles. Amountof current 
7 miles, direction N. 13^ W. 
Tip- following species are recorded in the Zoological Reports from the trawl at this 
Station : — 
Ortni'KoiwiA (Lyman, Zool. pt. 14). 
( ‘j'lo'xjli/p/ia buflata, Wyville Thomson, n.sp. Many specimens; obtained also at 
Stations 45, 54, and 133. The specimens were white coloured 
with a bluish tinge. 
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