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THE VOYAGE OF H.M.S. CHALLENGER. 
STAnoN ‘isO. 
A.XIMALtt ntuM 
Tkawu 
Or(;am»ai 8 rttoM 
TUI Hkpooit. 
At 5 A.M. shortened and furled sails, and got up steam to sound and trawl. At 6 a.m. 
sounded in 2050 fathoms, only a small quantity of the deposit being obtained adhering 
to the sounding-tube. At 8 a.m. put trawl over. At 10 a.m. sounded in 1940 fathoms. 
The sounding-tube contained a piece of wood perforated by worms. Obtained serial 
tempenitures down to 1500 fathoms. At 3 p.m. trawl came up containing only two or 
three stH'ciiucns, while the tow-net attached brought up some fragments of volcanic rock 
and two or three manganese nodules. The trawl was used without a bag. At 3.10 p.m. 
imule sail. A black albatross was seen about the ship on the afternoon of October 5. 
Tubuai Island distant at noon, 284 miles. Made good 63 miles. Amount of current 
13 miles, direction S. 73° W. 
The following species arc recorded in the Zoological Reports from the trawl at this 
Station : — 
OsTUACODA (Brady, Zool. pt. 3). 
Cythere dictyon, n.sp. For distribution see Station 24. 
PoLYZOA (Busk, Zool. pt. 30). 
Catena ria hicoj'nis, n.sp. Obtained at no other locality. 
The Station-book records also an Esperid. 
Fokaminifera (Brady, Zool. pt. 22). — The following species of Foraminifera were 
observed in the deposit from this Station ; the pelagic species, which make up about 
84 per cent, of the carbonate of lime present in the deposit, are marked thus x : — , 
ItUoruUna lief/resna, d’Orbi^y. 
Miiiftlirui seminuluin (LintKi). 
„ tvniuta (Karrer). 
IIajAi/]>hra>jmium l(Uiflornatum (Bornemann). 
Ilormfmina rarj/rn/eri, Brady. 
Trochammvia trulluunita, Brady. 
Vf-mfuilina jnjgmKU (l^f^ger). 
Gawlnjinn jiujtftules, d’Orbigny. 
CoMKululitui crxutM, d’Orhigny. 
fUtrtmttnyinn hygtrix, Bnidy. 
Ijogtna famutta, .Sch wager. 
„ marijinaia (Walker and Boys). 
Vritjerina wyterula, 
•f d'Orbigny. 
X /rifuUaJ(U^raii*, Bnidy. 
X „ hullnitlrn^ d'Orbigny. 
X „ rtmylohala, Brady. 
X „ tamJifrrOy Brady. 
X OrbuUna unicrr$n, d’Orbigny. 
X Pullenia obliquiloculata, Parker and Jones. 
„ sphm-oides (d’Orbigny). 
X SphaeraidiTia dehiscens, Parker and Jones. 
X Candeina nitida, d’Orbigny. 
Truncatulina pygmaia, Ilantken. 
„ ungermna (d’Orbigny). 
„ wuellerstorfi (Schwager). 
X Pulvinulina crassa (d’Orbigny). 
„ favus, Brady. 
X „ mcnardii (d’Orbigny). 
X „ micheliniana (d’Orbigny). 
„ partschiaiM (d’Orbigny). 
X „ paiagonica (d’Orbigny). 
X „ tumida, Brady. 
„ umlxmafa, Reuss. 
Itoialia soldanii, d’Orbigny. 
Nonionina pompUioidea (Fichtel and Moll). 
„ umbilicatida (^lontagu). 
