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No. 68. Lat. 60° 23' N., long. 0° 33' E. Depth, 75 fathoms; surface temperature, 
52°’5 Fahr. (11°'4 C.); bottom temperature, 44° Fahr. (6°'6 C.). 
Mixed material from two adjacent dredgings east of Shetland, consisting of 
muddy sand, with large numbers of sponge-spicules. The list of Foramini- 
fera includes all the common Shetland species. A few Eadiolaria were also 
met with. 
No. 77. Lat. 60° 34' N., long. 4° 40' W. Depth, 560 fathoms ; surface temperature, 
50 o, 9 Fahr. (10°’5 C.) ; bottom temperature, 29°‘8 Fahr. ( — l° - 5 C.). 
Brown mud, with sand and small stones and sponge debris ; Rhizopod-fauna of 
the cold-area type, very similar to No. 57. 
No. 78. Lat. 60° 14' N., long. 4° 30' W. Depth, 290 fathoms; surface tempera- 
ture, 52 0, 2 Fahr. (ll 0, 2 C.) ; bottom temperature, 41 0, 5 Fahr. (5° - 3 C.). 
Grey shelly sand, full of Anomalina coronata, Truncatulina refulgens and 
Truncatulina lobatula ; but containing comparatively few Globigerince, and 
no pelagic Pulvinulince. 
No. 84. Lat. 59° 34' N., long. 6° 34' W. Depth, 155 fathoms ; surface temperature, 
54°'3 Fahr. (12°'4 C.) ; bottom temperature, 49°T Fahr. (9°’5 C.). 
Fine grey sand, containing a good many Foraminifera and Ostracoda ; of the 
former the following are the more conspicuous genera : — Globigerina, 
Pulvinulina , Truncatulina, Discorbina, Uvigerina, Cassidulina, and 
Sjpiroloculina. 
No. (A A). Off Loch Scavaig, Skye ; 45 to 60 fathoms. 
Shelly sand, with the Rhizopod-fauna characteristic of the laminarian and 
coralline zones of the west coast of Scotland. The list of species is largely 
furnished by the following genera: — Biloculina, Miliolina, Spiroloculina, 
Lagena, Discorbina, Truncatulina, Rotalia, Bulimina, Nonionina, and 
Operculina. 
III. “ Knight Errant ” Expedition. 
In the summer of 1880, H.M. hired ship “ Knight Errant” was placed at the disposal 
of Sir C. Wyville Thomson, for the further exploration of the channel lying between the 
north of Scotland and the Faroe Islands. This ground was partially investigated in 1869, 
on the third cruise of the “ Porcupine,” and the indications then obtained of the 
