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THE VOYAGE OF H.M.S. CHALLENGER. 
Station 15& 
Temperature of water : — 
Surface, . . . 
450 
800 fathoms, . 
360 
50 fathoms, 
445 
900 „ 
36-0 
100 . 
434 
1000 „ 
36-0 
150 „ 
423 
1100- „ 
360 
200 . . 
41-3 
1200 
35-7 
300 „ 
39-5 
1300 „ 
35-3 
400 „ . . 
38-2 
1400 „ 
35-0 
500 „ . . 
37 0 ♦ 
1500 „ 
34-7 
600 „ . . 
36-3 
Bottom, 
33-5 
700 „ 
360 
Density at 60° F. : — 
Surface, 
. 1-02522 
200 fathoms, 
. 1-02548 
50 fathoms, 
. 1 02522 
315 „ . . 
. 1 02546 
100 „ . . . 
. 1-02544 
Bottom, 
. 1-02554 
Depth, 1800 fathoms; deposit, Globigerina Ooze, containing 85*31 per cent, of 
carbonate of lime (see Murray ardRenard, Deep-Sea Deposits Chall. Exp.). 
At 5 a.m. got up steam. At G.40 a.m. shortened and furled sails. Put trawl 
over. At 8.30 a.m. sounded in 1800 fathoms. Obtained serial temperatures down 
t" 1500 fathoms. The carbonic acid was determined in water from 50 fathoms, and 
urmuit'-d to 68M milligrammes per litre. At 2 p.m. commenced heaving in trawl, 
which came up at 3.45 p.m. with a quantity of ooze, some pebbles,, and numerous 
specimens. At 4 p.m. made sail. 
Distance at noon from Cape Otway, 1099 miles. Made good 180 miles. Amount 
of current 6 miles, direction S. 48" E. 
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Tie following species are record, i in the Zoological Reports from the trawl at this 
Thawu Station : — 
II exactin' ellid a (Schulze, Zool. pt. 53). 
ILfaloiu-ma conus, n.sp. One specimen ; obtained at no other locality. 
Actinia ki a (Hertwig, Zool. pt. 15). 
Tent • ft 'tm cinguUUum, n.g., n.sp. One specimen; obtained at no other locality. 
Only species of the genus. 
Crinoidka (Carpenter, Zool. pt. 60). 
Thnii uviiocn tivs r> nor'it’is, n.g., n.sp. One specimen ; obtained at no other locality. 
Only species of the genus. 
/Vr„ a < hoc rinus ubyssomm, n.g., msp. One specimen ; obtained also at Station 147. 
