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THE VOYAGE OF H.M.S. CHALLENGER. 
Stahox 274. 
180 fathoms, 
49-2 
900 fathoms, . 
37-1 
190 „ 
. 48-5 
1000 „ ... 
36-7 
200 „ 
480 
1100 „ ... 
36-4 
300 
44-6 
1200 „ ... 
361 
400 
42-5 
1300 „ ... 
35-9 
ftOO „ 
410 
1400 „ ... 
35-6 
600 „ 
39-5 
1500 „ ... 
35-3 
700 „ 
38-5 
Bottom, 
35-1 
800 „ 
• 
37-6 
Density at 60° F. 
at surface. 
r02656 
2275 fathoms, 1*02569. 
De[)th, 2750 fathoms; deposit, Radiolarian Ooze, containing 3'89 per cent, of 
carbonate of lime (see Murray and Renard, Deep-Sea Deposits Chall. Exp.). 
.\t 4.15 A.M. sliortened and furled sails, and got up steam to sound and trawl. At 
0 A..M. sounded in 2750 fathoms. At 7.30 a.m. put trawl over and veered 3350 fathoms. 
Obtained serial temperatures down to 1500 fathoms. At 2 p.m. commenced heaving in 
trawl, which came up at 4.20 p.m. with several specimens, over nine litres of compact 
Hat toned manganese nodules, with earbones of Cetaceans, sharks’ teeth, and pumice 
fragments. At 4.45 p.m. made sail. Frigate birds, boatswain birds, gannets, and a large 
bird like a Procellai'ia were seen. 
Venus Point, Tahiti, distant at noon, 625 miles ; Caroline Islands, 202 miles ; Vostok 
Island, 160 miles. Made good 62 miles. Amount of current 18 miles, direction S. 47° W. 
Aximali nwji The following species are recorded in the Zoological Reports from the trawl at this 
Trawu Station ; — 
Dkep-Sea Keratosa (Haeckel, Zool. pt. 82). 
Psammina nummvlina, n.g., n.sp. Obtained at no other locality. 
-Mona.xoxida (Ridley and Dendy, Zool. pt. 59). 
Cladorhizn abyssicola, Sars, var. rectangulaiis, nov. One specimen ; obtained at 
no other locality. 
IIexactixellida (Schulze, Zool. pt. 53). 
Enplectdla crassistellata, n.sp. One specimen^ obtained at no other locality. 
.A.steroidea (Sladen, Zool. pt. 51). 
Ilyphalaster hyaliims, n.g., n.sp. Two specimens ; obtained at no other locality. 
hinoidea (Agassiz, Zool. pt. 9). 
Pfu>rmo8oma tenuc, n.sp. Obtained also at Stations 237 and 272. 
