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CHAPTER IV.
THE VOYAGE HOME.
Tlie Strait of Magellan.—Dredging in shallow water.—The Falkland
Islands—Their physical features.—The town of Stanley.—The
products and commerce of the Falklands.—The ‘ Balsam-bog.’—
The ‘ Tussock-grass.’—The vegetation of the Falkland Islands.—A
peculiar mode of reproduction among the Fchinoderms.—‘ Stone
rivers.’—The temperature section between the Falklands and the
mouth of the river Plate.—Monte Video.—Low temperatures
between Monte Video and 'Tristan d’Acunha.—Meridional section
along the central ridge of the Atlantic.—Ascension.—Physical
features.—An Island under Naval discipline.—Voyage to Porto
Praya and Porto Grande.—Soundings in the eastern trough of the
Atlantic.—AAgo Bay.—Arrival at Spithead.
A p p e n d ix A.—Table o f Temperatures observed between the Falkland
Islands and Tristan d’Acunha.
A p p e n d i x B.—Table of Temperatures observed between Tristan
d’Acunha and the Açores.
A p p e n d i x C.—Table of Serial Temperature-soundings down to 200
fathoms taken in the South and North Atlantic in the year 1876.
A p p e n d i x D.—Specific Gravity observations taken on the homeward
voyage between the Falkland Islands and Portsmouth.
A p p e n d i x F .—-List of the Stations in the Atlantic at which observations
were taken in the year 1876.
O n the morning of the 20tli of January, 1876, the
‘ Challenger ’ passed through the ‘ first narroAvs ’ of
the Strait of Aiagellan, AA'ind and tide in her favour,
at the rate of about seventeen knots an hour; shortly