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F ml by Professor Thomson. The similarity of the fauna here is most striking. The 
actual deep-sea fauna seems to be universally distributed ; only the fauna of from 
200 to 500 or 000 fathoms about the coast-lines is peculiar. Serolis, which we have 
taken lately, is a South American animal living in shallow water on the coast of 
Patagonia. We have here then a case of the shallow-water fauna of high latitudes 
inhabiting the deep-sea of the tropics, — a corresponding fact to many similar ones 
observed in the northern hemisphere.” 
Stations 125 to 
126*. 
Stations 125 to 126a (Soundings 207 to 2t>9), between Pernambuco and Bahia 
(see Charts 12 and 15). 
September 12, 1873 ; lat. 10° 46' S., long. 36° 2' W. 
Temperature of air at noon, 78°'3 ; mean for the day,. 76°'5. 
Temperature- of water at surface, 77° ‘0. 
I tensity at GO F. at surface, T02746 ; bottom, 1 ’02730. 
Depth, 1200 fathoms; deposit, Red Mud, containing 2079 per cent, of carbonate 
of lime (see Murray and Renard, Deep-Sea Deposits Chall. Exp.). 
At 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 a.m. sounded in 40 fathoms, no bottom. At 6 a.m. shortened 
;nd furled sails, and got up steam to sound. Sounded in 1200 fathoms (Station 125). 
At 7.30 a.m. proceeded under steam and sail. At 8.40 a.m. shortened sail, and at 9 a.m. 
- »pped and sounded in 770 fathoms, deposit Red Mud, containing 575 per cent, of 
arbonatc of lime (Station 126). At 10 a.m. put over trawl, which came up at 12.10 p.m. 
< out .ining various specimens. At 12.45 p.m. stopped, put trawl over, and sounded in 
70 0 fathoms, deposit Red Mud (Station 126a). At 3.10p.m. hove up trawl with several 
specimens, and at 3.15 p.m. made all plain sail. At 4 p.m. the land was visible on the 
-’ ll itu.ird i .mii, but not from the deck. At 10.50 and 11.50 p.m. sounded in 45 fathoms, 
no bottom. 
Distance at noon from Cape San Antonio, Bahia, 197 miles. Made good 59 miles. 
Amount of current 6 miles, direction N. 
From the above it will be seen that the trawl was put over twice on this date, while 
hi m 3 o! 770 and 700 fathoms were taken. The following species are recorded in 
the Zoological Reports : — 
7’ cortirata, X yinphaster bean liens, Aricia norvegica, var., and Synapho- 
i tot, j»nuatvji , are recorded from Station 125, 1200 fathoms, but a sounding only 
• .t- t v a at that depth at 6 v.M., the trawl being put over at 10 a.m. after the ship had 
•* nied m-orer the land at Stations 126 and 126a, 770 and 700 fathoms]. 
