SUMMARY OF RESULTS. 
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Station 354 (Sounding 505), St. Vincent towards Azores (see Chart 6 and 
Diagram 7). 
May 6, 1876 : lat. 32° 41' N., long. 36° 6' W. 
Temperature of air at noon, 72°’3 ; mean for the day, 69°‘9. 
Temperature of water 
Surface, . 
y ■ — — y 
70-0 
700 fathoms, 
/ 7 ' 
42-8 
25 fathoms. 
68-2 
800 
41-2 
.50 „ 
66-2 
900 
39-9 
75 „ 
64-8 
1000 
39-1 
100 „ 
63-2 
1100 
38-6 
200 
58-0 
1200 „ 
38-4 
300 
53-5 
1300 „ 
38-2 
400 „ 
49-7 
1400 „ 
38-1 
500 
46-7 
1500 „ 
38-0 
600 
44-5 
Bottom, 
37-8 
Density at 60° F. : — 
Surface, . 
. 1-02729 
300 fathoms, 
. 1-02669 
25 fathoms. 
. 1-02704 
400 „ 
. 1-02654 
50 „ . . 
. 1-02693 
600 
. 1-02627 
100 „ 
. 1-02698 
1200 „ 
. 1-02726 
200 „ 
. 1-02701 
Bottom, 
. 1-02665 
Depth, 1675 fathoms ; 
deposit, Globigerina Ooze, 
containing 90 '5 8 per cent. 
carbonate of lime (see Murray and Renard, Deep-Sea Deposits Chall. Exp.). 
At 1.30 P.M. took in sail and stopped to sound. At 2 p.m. sounded in 1675 fathoms. 
Took, serial temperatures down to 1500 fathoms. The carbonic acid was determined in 
water from 400 fathoms, and amounted to 38 ‘7 milligrammes per litre. Passed quantities 
of gulf- weed. At 4.30 p.m. completed observations, and proceeded under steam. A 
Mother Carey’s chicken was seen on May 7. 
Fayal Island distant at noon, 510 miles. Made good 145 miles. Amount of current 
3 miles, direction N. 41° E. 
Surface Organisms. — The following species are recorded from the surface and deep 
tow-nets at this Station ; — 
Radiolaria (Haeckel, Zool. pt. 40). 
Sphxrozoum ovodimare, Haeckel. 
„ quadrigeminum, Haeckel. 
Carpospheera infundibulum, Haeckel (?). 
Collosplixra polygona, Haeckel. 
Hexastylus sapientum, HaeckeL 
Hexalonclie seleud, Haeckel. 
Hexacontium furcatum, Haeckel. 
Aeanthosphxra acufera, Haeckel. 
Haliomma megaporum, Ehrenberg. 
„ tenellum, Haeckel. 
Spongeehinus caviLS, Haeckel. 
Rhizosplixra leptomita, Haeckel. 
Station .354. 
Organisms from 
Surface-Nets. 
