HYDROGRAPHIC T4BLE$. 
The hydrographic records of the present cruise have been 
included in this report as Table V and Chart II. Ordinarily 
these data are published separately, but are appended here s 
> £ 
that reference may be readily had to the various soundings made 
in tne determination of the bottom. 
Only the H series of numbers has been employed in designat- 
ing stations. The various "sets* and trials for the sake of 
ccnvenieiupe and to avoid, confusion have been referred to r he 
nufflbex^ hydro graphic operation eonduoted at the &B.m %im 
The 
last previous number in thxe series wis H. u3G5 , wade in con- 
nection with the Biological Survey of San Francisco Buy, 
The position of each station has been given by means of 
•bearings 8 and distances to the nearest prominent Landmark. 
All bearings are n true 8 . 
The ” charts® are those- published by the Coast and Geodetic 
Survey. 
The 'time of day 8 is that taken at the beginning of the 
sounding operation at which the •depth* was determined. 
For the "character of bottom* the abbreviations used are 
as follows: 
oik ... black, G ... gravel. 
hrd . . . hard , 
0 a t£. ... j i Ci. wix , 
gn 
a . . . green 
% n 
M 
# tf * * 
rfft '■ p 
ere.... cc&rso gran .. granular, rky 
me ... fine 
&7 
• * w 
gray. 
For ... foraminifera. 
X + 9 
rocky. 
Cf 
*«/ a * * * * 
sand 
» 
3h .... she 1 Is , 
Shale, a new characterization is used to designate a 
siliceous, hard pan composed largely of sponge spicules and 
