SUMMARY OF RESULTS. 
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In addition, the following are recorded in the note-books from the surface and down Station 29(j. 
to 30 fathoms : — Ceratium {Peridinium) tripos, Glohigerina, Orhulina, Hastigerina, 
Acanthometrse and compound Eadiolaria, Sagitfa, Tomopteris, Evadne, Cypridina, 
Euphausia and larvae, larvae of Sergestes, Atlanta, Oxy gyrus, Pteropods, small transparent 
Cephalopods, Appendicularia, Fritillaria, Doliolum, Salpa, fish eggs, A large whale 
was seen close to the ship. 
Station 297 (Sounding 442), Tahiti to Valparaiso (see Chart 38, and Station 297. 
Diagrams 20 and 21), 
November 11, 1875 ; lat. 37° 29' S., long. 83° 7' W. 
Temperature of air at noon, 57°*3 ; mean for the day, 55°'9, 
Temperature of water : — 
Surface, . 
57-0 
500 fathoms. 
39°-l 
25 fathoms. 
55-5 
600 „ 
38-2 
50 „ . . 
53-7 
700 „ . . 
37-4 
75 „ . . 
51-9 
800 „ 
36-7 
100 „ 
50-1 
900 „ 
36-5 
125 „ . . 
48-4 
1000 „ 
36-4 
150 „ . . 
47-0 
1100 „ 
36-3 
175 „ 
45-7 
1200 „ 
36-2 
200 „ 
44-5 
1300 „ 
36-1 
225 „ 
43-8 
1400 „ 
36-0 
250 „ 
43-1 
1500 „ 
35-9 
275 „ 
42-5 
1600 „ 
35-8 
300 „ 
41-9 
1700 „ 
35-6 
400 „ . . 
40-4 
Bottom, 
35-5 
Density at 60° F. : — 
Surface, . 
. 1-02542 
300 fathoms. 
. 1-02533 
25 fathoms, 
. 1-02529 
400 „ 
. 1-02532 
50 „ . . . 
. 1-02526 
800 „ 
. 1-02539 
100 „ . . 
. 1-02518 
1300 „ 
. 1-02554 
200 „ 
. 1-02536 
Bottom, 
. 1-02565 
Depth, 1775 fathoms; deposit, Globigerina Ooze, contjaining 71T5 per cent, of 
carbonate of lime (see Murray and Renard, Deep-Sea Deposits Chalk Exp.). 
At 5 A.M. stopped and sounded in 1775 fathoms ; the sounding-tube brought up no 
trace of the bottom. Put trawl over, veering 2300 fathoms. Obtained serial temperatures 
from surface to bottom. Lowered whaler with naturalist, who shot a number of birds. 
At 1 P.M. commenced heaving in trawl, which came up fouled at 3.15 p.m., but containing 
