SUMMARY OF RESULTS. 
Temperature of water 
Surface, . 
71-0 
500 fathoms, 
42-8 
25 fathoms, . 
64-2 
600 
41-2 
so „ . . 
610 
700 „ 
39-9 
75 „ . . 
. 59 - 9 
800 
39-0 
100 „ 
58-8 
900 
38-4 
200 „ 
55 ‘2 
1000 
* 
37-9 
300 „ 
50-8 
Bottom, 
36-8 
400 „ . . 
46-0 
Density at 60° F, at surface, 1 '02696 ; bottom, 1 '02668. 
Depth, 1675 fathoms; deposit, Globigerina Ooze, containing 8 8 '31 per cent, of 
carbonate of lime (see Murray and Itenard, Deep-Sea Deposits Chall. Exp.). 
At 9 a.m. shortened sails, and got up steam to sound. At 11 a.m. sounded in 1675 
fathoms. At 1 p.m. put over trawl, and obtained serial temperatures down to 1000 
fathoms. Sent down slip water-bottle attached to sounding-line, and obtained sample of 
water for analysis. The carbonic acid was determined in the bottom (?) w r ater, and 
amounted to 59'2 milligrammes per litre. At 7.40 p.m. trawl came up almost empty, 
having fouled the line. At 8 p.m. made all plain sail. 
Distance from Fayal at noon, 284 miles. Made good 48 miles. Amount of current 
16 miles, direction S. 72° E. 
The following species are recorded in the Zoological Reports from the trawl at this 
Station : — 
Alcyonaria (Wright and Studer, Zool. pt. 64). 
Telesto rigida, n.sp. Obtained at no other locality. 
Lamellibranchiata (Smith, Zool. pt. 35). 
Area (Barbatia) pteroessa , n.sp. Obtained also at Stations 16, 24, 73, 237, and 246. 
A fragment of Euplectellid (?) is also recorded in the Station-book. 
Station 72 (Sounding 136), Bermuda to Azores (see Chart 6 and Diagram 3). 
June 28, 1873 ; lat. 38° 34' N., long. 32° 47' W. 
Temperature of air at noon, 72' '0 ; mean for the day, 70° '8. 
Station 7 1 
Animals from 
Trawl, 
Station 72. 
