SUMMARY OF RESULTS. 
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Density at 60' F. : — 
Station 131 
Surface, 
. 1 '02663 
300 fathoms, 
. 1-02572 
100 fathoms, 
. 1-02637 
400 ,. 
. 1-02548 
200 „ 
. 1-02609 
500 „ 
. 1-02580 
Depth, 2275 fathoms; deposit, Globigerina Ooze, containing 55 ’63 per cent, of 
carbonate of lime (see Murray and Renard, Deep-Sea Deposits Chall. Exp.). 
At 7 a.m. shortened and furled sails, and got up steam to sound and trawl. Put trawl 
over. At 8 a.m. brought ship to wind, and sounded in 2275 fathoms. At 9.30 a.m. 
obtained serial temperatures at intervals of 100 fathoms down to 1000 fathoms. 
Obtained specimens of water from different depths. The carbonic acid was determined in 
water from 1000 fathoms, and amounted to 55'6 milligrammes per litre. At 3 p.m*. 
commenced heaving in trawl, which came up at 4.30 p.m. nearly empty, containing only 
a polyp and a sandy Foramiuiferous tube attached to the ear-bone of a Ziphius, a small 
piece of Cetacean bone, and two pieces of pumice, about the size of hens’ eggs, one with 
egg-capsule of Mollusc (?) attached. At 5.40 p.m. made sail. About 8.45 p.m. the 
wind shifted very suddenly from W.N.W. to S.W. and then to S.E. by S. accompanied 
by rain. The first albatross was seen on October 4. 
Distance at noon from Tristan da Cunha, 912 miles. Made good 55 miles. 
Amount of current 4 miles, direction S. 50' W. 
Surface Organisms. — The following species are recorded from the surface near this 
Station (October 5, 1873) : — 
Organisms from 
Surface-Nets. 
Copepoda (Brady, ZooL pt. 23). 
Pontella strenua (Dana). 
Amphipoda (Stebbing, Zool. pt. 67). 
Scincl cor my era (M.-Edwards). 
Vibilici milnei, n.sp. 
Eupronoe inscripta, n.sp. 
Sympronoe propinquct, n.g., n.sp. 
Schizopoda (Sars, Zool. pt. 37). 
Euphausia pellucida, Dana. 
Macrura (Spence Bate, Zool. pt. 52). 
Sergestes longicollus , n.sp. 
Between 7 and 9 p.m. the tow-net procured many specimens of Collosphsero and 
Physalia , while between 9 and 11 p.m. Phylliroe and Crustacea, which were nearlv or 
quite absent in the first haul, were taken. A lead was attached to the net. but, though 
the ship was going only 3 knots, it did not sink far below the surface. In addition 
to the organisms already mentioned, the following are recorded in the note-books : — 
Small Medusae, JJiphyes, Alciopa, Tomopteris, mam' Copepods, Phronimco, Cystisoma, 
Oxycephalus, PTyperia, Isopod, Lucifer (two large, and a few small ones). Atla, to. 
Styliola, and Cuvier i net. 
