SUMMARY OF RESULTS. 
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o 
o 
200 fathoms, . 
46-1 
800 fathoms, . 
38-0 
225 
45-4 
900 „ 
37-2 
250 „ 
44-7 
1000 „ 
36-6 
275 
44-1 
1100 
36-1 
300 „ 
43-7 
1200 „ 
35-8 
400 
42-1 
1300 
35-7 
500 
40-9 
1400 „ 
35-6 
600 
39-7 
1500 „ 
35-5 
700 „ 
38-9 
Bottom, 
34-7 
Density at 60° F. : — 
Surface, . 
. 1-02586 
200 fathoms, 
. 1-02544 
25 fathoms, 
. 1-02560 
400 „ 
. 1-02541 
50 „ 
. 1-02560 
1925 
. 1-02548 
100 „ 
. 1-02559 
Bottom, 
. 1-02564 
Depth, 2400 fathoms 
; deposit. Red Clay, containing I'OO 
per cent, of carbonate of 
lime (see Murray and Renard, Deep-Sea Deposits Chall. Exp.). 
Station 287. 
At 4 A.M. shortened and furled sails, and proceeded under steam to sound. At 
5.30 A.M. sounded in 2400 fathoms. The deposit contained a large quantity of manganese 
and numerous crystals of phillipsite, and fragments of fishes’ teeth. Obtained serial 
temperatures down to 1500 fathoms. At 10.20 a.m. completed observations, and at 
10.25 A.M. made all plain sail. Diomedea exulans, molly -mauks {Diomedea 
melanophrys ?), Cape pigeons {Procellaria capensis), mutton birds. Prion vittatus, and 
a Thalassidroma were seen. 
Valparaiso distant at noon, 3018 miles. Made good 49 miles. Amount of current 
14 miles, direction S. 74° W. 
Surface Organisms. — The following species are recorded from the surface in the 
vicinity of this Station ; — 
Organisms from 
S0rface-17et3. 
OsTEACODA (Brady, Zool. pt. 3). 
Halocypris atlantica, Lubbock. 
,, hrevirostris, Dana. 
CoPEPODA (Brady, Zool. pt. 23). 
Calanus jinmarchicus (Gunner). 
,, valgus, n.sp. 
Pleuromma abdominale (Lubbock). 
Undina darwinii (Lubbock). 
(summary op results chall. exp. — 1893.) 
Euchseta hessei, n.sp. 
Centropages woZctcews (Claus). 
Corycaeus varius, Dana. 
Saphirina ovalis, Dana. 
Amphipoda (Stebbing, Zool. pt. 67). 
Primno macropa, Guerin. 
Leptocotis amhohus, n.sp. 
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