SUMMARY OF RESULTS. 
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had been of a green colour, returned to its dark blue tint. At 4.30 p.m. completed Station 91. 
observations, and at 4.45 p.m. made all plain sail. 
Distance at noon from St. Vincent, 144 miles. Made good 125 miles. Amount of 
current 11 miles, direction S. 51° W. 
Station 92 (Sounding 156), Madeira to Cape Verde Islands (see Chart 6 and Station 92 . 
Diagram 7). 
July 26, 1873 ; lat. 17 r 54' 
N., long. 
24° 41' W, 
Temperature of air at noon, 
76°'5 ; mean for the day, 74° '3. 
Temperature of w T ater : — 
Surface, . 
o 
74-7 
800 fathoms, 
39-9 
50 fathoms, 
68-0 
900 
39-3 
100 „ . . . 
62-0 
1000 
38-8 
200 „ . . . 
52-0 
1100 „ 
38-3 
300 „ . 
47-2 
1200 „ 
38-0 
400 „ . . . 
44-2 
1300 „ 
37-8 
500 „ . . . 
42-4 
1400 „ 
37-6 
600 „ . . . 
41-4 
1500 „ 
37-5 
700 „ . . . 
40-5 
Density at 60° F. : — 
Surface, 
1-02699 
75 fathoms, 
. 1-02715 
45 fathoms, 
1-02745 
100 „ . . 
. 1-02680 
Depth, 1975 fathoms; deposit, Globigerina Ooze, containing 57 '15 per cent, of 
carbonate of lime (see Murray and Renard, Deep-Sea Deposits Chall. Exp.). 
At 7.35 a.m. shortened and furled sails, and got up steam to sound and dredge. At 
8 a.m. put diedge over, and veered 1500 fathoms. At 9.30 a.m. sounded in 1975 fathoms, 
and veered dredge rope to 2500 fathoms. At noon took serial temperatures down to 
1500 fathoms. At 4 p.m. hove up dredge, which contained one or two specimens. At 
4.10 p.m. made all plain sail. At 11 p.m. observed San Antonio Island ahead. 
Distance at noon from San Antonio, 48 miles, and from St. Vincent, 61 miles. Made 
good 83 miles. Amount of current 8 miles, direction W. 
The following species is recorded from the dredge at this Station : — 
Schizopoda (Sars, Zool. pt. 37). 
Eucopia australis, Dana. Obtained also at Stations 50, 73, 107, 146, 158, and 237. 
(summary of results chall. exp. — 1S93.) 39 
Animals from 
Dredge. 
