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B R E A D S T R E E T H IL L , E .C ,
BERMUDAS TO MADEIRA,
Final departure from Bermudas.—Temperature-sounding near the Island.—
Scalpellum regium. — Manganese concretions. — Gulf-weed. — Gnatho-
phausia.—The general aspect of the Açores.—The Island of Fayal.
Horta. -T h e Island of Pico.—San Miguel.—Ponta Delgada.—Orange
cultivation.—An excursion to Furnas.—Sete-Cidades.—The garden of
M. Jose do Canto.—A religious cevemonj.—Flabellum alabastrum.—
Curatotrochus nohilis.—Arrival a t Funchal .............................. Page, 1
A p p e n d ix A.—Table of Temperatures observed between Bermudas and
Madeira Page 58
A p p e n d ix B .— Table of Specific Gravities observed between Bermudas and
Madeira...................................................................................................... 61
CHAPTER II.
MADEIRA TO THE COAST OF BRAZIL.
Return to Madeira.—The Black Coral—Op/i.Mcari,i/!,a. chelys.— Ophiomusium
pukhellum.— Geratias uranoscopus.—The Island of San Vicente.—Porto
Praya.—The Island of San lago.—A Red-coral Fishery.—The Guinea
Current.—JSaZftiiO(5flos.SMS.—Luminosity of the Hea.— P^jrocystis.—Young
Flounders. — Bathycrinus aldrichianus. — Hyocrinus bethellianus. — St.
Paul’s Rocks.—Fernando Noronha.—Low bottom temperatures under
the .Equator. — Geratoirochus diadema. — Pentacrinus madearanus.—
Dredging at moderate depths.—Arrival at Bahia Page 62