1004 
THE VOYAGE OF H.M.S. CHALLENGER. 
Station 262 
( htOANruwn moM 
Temperature of water : — 
Surface, . 
e 
77-5 
180 fathoms, 
o 
47*2 
10 fatbomo, . 
. 77*4 
190 
ff • 
46-7 
20 „ 
77-2 
200 
>> • 
46-2 
30 . . 
77-0 
300 
44*1 
40 „ . . 
76 3 
400 
>> 
4-2-9 
50 „ . . 
75-0 
500 
ty • 
41*3 
60 „ . . 
73-0 
600 
39-9 
70 „ . . 
70*5 
700 
>> 
38*5 
80 „ . . 
67*5 
800 
37*5 
90 „ . . 
64-3 : 
900 
36*5 
100 . . 
61-5 
1000 
>> 
35-9 
110 „ 
59-0 
1100 
>> 
35*4 
120 
56*5 
1200 
35*2 
130 „ 
54*2 
1300 
n 
35*2 
140 
52*2 
1400 
35-2 
150 „ 
50-3 
1500 
yf 
35-2 
160 „ 
170 ,. 
49-0 
48-0 
Bottom, 
35-2 
Density at 60° F. : — 
Surface, . 
. 1*02585 
300 fathoms, 
1*02522 
25 fathoms, 
. 1-02557 
400 
■yy 
. 1-02527 
50 „ . . 
. 1-02554 
800 
yy 
. 1-0^54 
100 „ 
200 „ 
. 1-02566 
. 1*02530 
Bottom, 
. 1-02569 
Depth, 2875 fathoms ; deposit, Volcanic Mud, containing no carbonate of lime 
(see Murray and Kenard, Deep-Sea Deposits Chall. Exp.). 
At 4.45 A.M. shortened and furled sails. At 5.10 a.m. proceeded under steam. At 
5.30 A..M. stopped and sounded in 2875 fathoms. Obtained a series of temperatures 
down to 1500 fathoms. At 11.30 a.m. made all plain sail. Several boatswain birds 
were seen. 
Toint Vcnu.s, Tahiti, distant at noon, 2217 miles. Made good 54 miles. Amount of 
current 13 miles, direction S. 8° E. 
Surface Organisms. — The following species are recorded from the surface at this 
Station ; — 
Rai>iolaeia (Haeckel, Zool. pt. 40). 
AcarUhoMjfha^rn cftpillaris, Haeckel. 
IcoJi^ut/tU crucifita, Haeckel. 
Srthocunus trochuji, Haeckel. 
,, }nlr\ut, Haeckel. 
Theopilium tricostatum, Haeckel. 
Theocampe cryptoprora, Haeckel. 
Fishrs (Gunther, Zool. pt. 78). 
Echeneis remora, Linn(5. (From shark). 
