April 5, 1873.] 
THE PHARMACEUTICAL JOURNAL AND TRANSACTIONS. 
791 
THE CHALLENGER EXPEDITION. 
The first report of the proceedings on board H.M.S. 
“ Challenger,” from the pen of Professor Wyville 
Thomson, has appeared in the pages of Nature , 
notwithstanding an intimation by Dr. Carpenter 
that the narrative would see the light in Good 
Words. Rough weather appears to have been ex¬ 
perienced during the first two or three weeks, which, 
if it were an unpromising commencement to a voyage 
round the world, also furnished a sharp test as to 
the stowing of the scientific apparatus. It is satis¬ 
factory to learn, therefore, that although the ship 
rolled considerably not a single instrument shifted, 
neither was there a glass broken either in the zoolo¬ 
gical workroom or the chemical laboratory. 
On board the “Challenger” the more peaceful 
sciences appear to have the upper hand of the 
science of war ; for sixteen out of the eighteen sixty- 
eight pounders which formed the ship’s armament 
have been removed, and the main-deck has been 
almost entirely set aside for their rivals in the 
shape of dredging and sounding gear, hydraulic pump, 
aquarium, photometric and thermometric apparatus, 
zoological workroom, dark room for photographers, 
physical and chemical laboratory, etc. 
Although the work done up to the date of the 
report must be regarded as tentative, successful 
soundings had been taken at great depths, and the 
trawl had been used at 2125 fathoms. Many in¬ 
teresting animal forms have been obtained, several 
of them new to science and others of extreme rarity 
and beauty. One especially, a molluscoid, a drawing 
of which is given in Nature, is extremely interest¬ 
ing ; slender graceful branches, recurved at the 
extremity, springing from a transparent smooth quill¬ 
like stem between two and three inches high, and 
forming the outline of an elegant cup. Sea-peas 
and Gorgonice , always remarkable for their brilliant 
phosphorescence, have occurred frequently, and to 
these Captain Maclear is giving special attention 
in the hope of gaining fresh information respecting 
the beautiful though little understood phenomenon 
manifested by them. One, a Mopsea, which shone 
very brilliantly, gave a spectrum extending from the 
green well on into the red; another gave a very 
restricted spectrum sharply included between the 
lines b and D. All the fishes brought up presented 
a peculiar appearance from the expansion of the air 
contained in their bodies ; their eyes, even when 
they were relieved from the extreme pressure, pro¬ 
truding considerably. 
Further intelligence has since been received from 
St. Thomas, where the “ Challenger” arrived on the 
16th of March. The operations had been regularly 
continued, a dredging taking place every other day, 
or sometimes oftener; each dredging taking about 
twelve hours. At the deepest spots both on the east 
and west side of the Atlantic a quantity of dark red 
clay was brought up, containing just sufficient animal 
life to show that life existed at all depths. In depths 
of over two miles little has been found, but that little 
is new. 
transactions of fk |)|armaccutjca.l Socictg. 
MEETING OF THE COUNCIL. 
April 2nd , 1873. 
MR. A. F. HASELDEN, F.L.S., PRESIDENT, IN THE CHAIR. 
Present—Messrs. Atherton, Baynes, Betty, Bottle, 
Fraser, Greenish, Hampson, Hills, Owen, Radley, Sand- 
ford, Savage, Schaclit, Shaw, Sutton, Urwick, and 
Williams. 
The minutes of the last meeting were read and con¬ 
firmed. 
Benevolent Fund. 
Legacy of £100 from the late Mr. George Waugh. 
Mr. Hills reported that he had had some correspond¬ 
ence with Mrs. Waugh, the executrix of the late Mr. 
George Waugh, of Regent Street. It had commenced, at 
the beginning of last month, by a letter of inquiry from 
Mrs. Waugh as to the usefulness and management of the 
fund. This information having been given, Mrs. Waugh 
wrote saying that, by a codicil to her late husband’s will, 
the sum of ,£25 had been bequeathed to the Fund, but 
that in a private letter to her of much later date, the tes¬ 
tator had suggested, that if convenient and in her judg¬ 
ment fit, the bequest should be raised to £100. In com¬ 
pliance with this suggestion, Mrs. Waugh generously en¬ 
closed a cheque for that amount. 
It was then moved by the President, seconded by the 
Treasurer, and resolved :—• 
“That the President and Council of the Pharmaceu¬ 
tical Society beg to express their warmest thanks to 
Mrs. Waugh for the cheque for £100 sent by her, as 
executrix of their late much esteemed and respected 
friend, George Waugh, whose constant, generous, and 
large-hearted support of the Benevolent Fund was so 
conspicuous from its first establishment to the day of 
his lamented decease.” 
Conversazione. 
The Secretary reported that he had received a letter 
from the authorities of the South Kensington Museum, 
granting pennission to hold the Society’s Annual Conver¬ 
sazione at the Museum on the 21st of May. 
A Committee was appointed to make and carry out the 
necessary arrangements. 
Nominations for Election to the Council in May 
next. 
The Secretary reported that forty-two Members of the 
Society had been nominated for election on the Council 
in May next, and that the following twenty had declared 
their willingness to accept office, if elected :— 
Atherton, John Henry, Long Row, Nottingham. 
Baldock, John Henry, 3, High Street, South Nor¬ 
wood, Surrey. 
Baynes, James, 24, Waterworks Street, Hull. 
Betty, Samuel Chapman, 6, Park Street, Camden 
Town, N.W. 
Bottle, Alexander, 37, Townwall Street, Dover. 
Brown, William Scott, 113, Market Street, Man¬ 
chester. 
Greenish, Thomas, 20, New Street, Dorset Square, 
N.W. 
Guyer, James Brett, 11, Strand, Torquay. 
Hampson, Robert, 205, St. John Street Road, E.C. 
Hills, Thomas Hyde, 338, Oxford Street, W. 
Mack ay, John, 119, George Street, Edinburgh. 
Palmer, Robert, 35, Ovington Square, S.W. 
Radley, William Valentine, 74, Market Place, Shef¬ 
field. 
