526 
THE VOYAGE OF H.M.S. CHALLENGER. 
Station 160. 
AttEtU FROM 
Trawl 
Temperature of water : — 
Surface, . 
550 
450 fathoms, 
43-3 
50 fathoms, . 
518 
500 „ 
41-6 
100 „ . 
485 
600 „ 
38-5 
150 „ 
479 
700 „ 
370 
200 „ . 
47-7 
800 „ 
36-8 
250 „ 
47-5 
900 „ 
36-6 
300 „ . . 
472 
1000 „ 
36-4 
350 „ 
46-5 * 
Bottom, 
33-9 
400 „ 
449 
Density at 60 c F.: — 
Surface, 
. 1-02570 
300 fathoms, . 
. 1-02560 
50 fathoms, . 
. 1 02576 
400 „ 
. 1-02557 
100 „ . 
. 1 02565 
Bottom, 
. 1-02570 
200 „ 
. 1 02573 
D ptb, 2600 fathoms; deposit, Red Clay, containing 18 ‘56 per cent, of carbonate 
of lime (see Murray and Renard, Deep-Sea Deposits Chall. Exp.). 
At 6.10 ,\.m. shortened and furled sails, put over trawl, and veered 2500 fathoms. 
\t 8 \.Nf. brought ship to wind, and proceeded under steam to sound. Sounded in 
•jOnO fathoms ; veered trawl-rope to 3450 fathoms. About half a litre of Red Clay came 
up in thi sounding-tube. At noon obtained temperatures down to 1000 fathoms. The 
■ irb ! was de termined in the bottom water, and amounted to 53*7 milligrammes per 
litre. At 2.30 p.m. conum-no-d heaving in trawl, which came up at 5.30 p.m. with the 
* • t mu' h torn, but containing numerous specimens, a quantity of Red Clay, with many 
i u in' •• noihil.s, nar-hunes of Cetaceans, and sharks’ teeth. To the nodules were attached 
Cirri peds, .1 nfijxithes, Terebratula, and Tunicata. Observed albatrosses, molly mawks, 
night hawks, and mutton birds. At 6 p.m. made all plain sail. 
D» Mm ■ ,:t Loon from Cape Otway, 488 miles. Made good 149 miles. Amount of 
current 13 miles, direction N. 57 E. 
T' following -p. <-i- ar<* recorded in the Zoological Reports from the trawl at this 
Station : — 
HK.XACTlNKU.inA (Schulze, ZooL pt. 53). 
IIo! a ac us fibulaius, n.g., n.sp. One specimen; obtained also at Stations 146 
and 147. 
Antipath a iu a (Brook, ZooL pt 80). 
/tithes tenuis, n.g., n.sp. Several specimens ; obtained at no other locality. 
