Snnos ISO. 
T UK VOYAGE OF H.M.8. CHALLENGER 
3H2 
Depth, 23.»0 l;<t In ms ; deposit, Globigerina Ooze, containing 35‘93 per cent, of 
. i : lonaie of lime (sec Murray and Renard, Deep-Sea Deposits ChalL Exp.). 
A 6.2»> v. m shortened and furled sails, and got up steam. At 7.30 a.m. put trawl 
• v i and veered 3500 fathoms. At 8.20 am. brought ship to wind, and proceeded 
indvi sieiuu to sound. Soimded in 2350 fathoms. At 9 a.m. obtained serial 
• : ;it mi'i ii intervals of 100 fathoms down to 1500 fathoms. The carbonic acid 
\ t • in d m ■ ottom water, and amounted to 49T milligrammes per litre. At 
2 r .i • ennieuced heaving in trawl. At G.30 P.M. the trawl came to the surface, 
■;• i • ■ i i ; i \ heavily laden judging from the full extension of the accumulators, but at 
I"”, nt when the beam of the trawl appeared at the surface, the swivel between 
: r. ; • mil the chain carried away, and the trawl with its unknown burden sank, to 
mi' ;.s. disappointment of the naturalists aud naval officers gathered on the bridge. 
At 6.50 p.m. made all plain sail. 
Di' in ci* it noon from Tristan da Cunlia, 1235 miles. Made good 118 miles. 
Amount of current 14 miles, direction S. 27 c W. 
■Surface Organisms. — The following are recorded in the note-books from the tow-nets 
i. m!'"i in twin from a depth of 100 fathoms: — Pyrocystis, Foraminifera, Radiolaria, 
< " . I-'' /*{, Ifyalophylfum [ = Saphirinella) and other Copepods, Phronimci, 
//<// • na, Lucifer, Decapod larvae, and Cranchia. 
Willi ■mm -Sulim writes : “ Remarkable among the surface animals is the male of 
P'ti" i, which is rather rare and only recently described by Claus, also a very big 
"f Lucif) • not got before. There is apparently not much difference between the 
* ■ <f t s..utli and North Atlantic; the same animals occur again and again.” 
RliThO I SI. 
Station 131 (Sounding 214), Bahia to Tristan da Cunlia (see Chart 16 and 
Diagram 5). 
October 6, 1873; lat. 
29 35' 
k, long. 
& 
Ci 
0 
00 
<N 
T- mpuratun of air at 
noon, 70 
3 ; mean for the day. 66 0, 3. 
Temperature of water 
: — 
Surface, 
650 
600 fathorua, 
37-9 
1 00 UthooM, 
• 
61 0 
700 „ ... 
37-5 
200 „ 
54-7 
800 „ 
37 3 
300 „ 
48-5 
900 
371 
400 n 
42-2 
1000 „ ... 
37 0 
500 „ 
39-2 
Bottom, 
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