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A p p e n d ix A .— Table of Temperatures observed between Madeira and Bahia
during the months of July, August, and September, 18/3 ... Page 127
A p p e n d ix B.—Table of Serial Temperature Soundings down to 500
fathoms, taken between IMadeira and Station 102 (Lat. 3° 8' N.,
Long. 14° 49' W.) 131
A p p e n d ix C .— Table of Serial Temperature Soundings down to 200 fathoms,
taken between Station 102 and Bahia ....................................... Page 132
A p p e n d ix D .—Specific Gravity Observations taken between Madeira and
Bahia during the months of July, August, and September, 1873 Fage 133 ,
CHAPTER III.
BAHIA TO THE CAPE.
A Shower of Butterflies.—Babia de todos os Santos.—Excursion into the
Forest.—San Salvador.—Hospitality of the English Residents.—Dredging
in Shallow Water in the Bay.—A case of Yellow Fever and our consequent
abrupt Departure.—Fungia symmetrica.—Tristan d’Acunha. In accessible
Island.—Story of the Stoltenhoffs.—The Birds of Inaccessible
Island.—The Habits of the Penguin.—Nightingale Island.—Subsequent
history of Tristan d’Acuulia.—Voyage to the Cape of Good Hope.—We
leave the Atlantic ........................................................................... 13^
A p p e n d ix A .— Table of Temperatures observed between Bahia and the
Cape of Good H o p e ........................................................................... 1^6
A p p e n d ix B . - Table of Serial Soundings down to 200 Fathoms, taken
between Bahia and the Cape of Good H o p e .............................. Page 198
A p p e n d ix C .— Specific Gravity Observations taken between Bahia aud the
Cape of Good Hope during the months of September and October,
jgY3 ................................................................................... Page 199
CHAPTER IV.
t h e v o y a g e h o m e .
The Strait of Magellan.—Dredging in shallow water.—The Falkland Islands.
—Their physical features.—The town of Stanley.—The products and
commerce of the F a lk la n d s .-T h e ‘ Balsam-bog.’- T h e ‘ Tussock-grass.’-
The vegetation of the Falkland Islands.—A peculiar mode of reproduction
among the Echinoderms.—‘ Stone rivers.’—The temperature section
between the Falklands and the mouth of the river Plate. - Monte
Yi^eo. Low temperatures between Monte Video and Tristan d’Acunlia.
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
Atlantic.—Vigo Bay.—Arrival at S p i th e a d ...................... Page 201
A p p e n d ix A.—Table of Temperatures observed between the Falkland
Islands and Tristan d’A c u n h a ................................................ Page 272
A p p e n d ix B.—Table of Temperatures observed between Tristan d’Acunha
and the Açores ....................................................................................... Page 274
A p p e n d ix C .— Table of Serial Temperature Soundings down to 200 fathoms,
taken in the South and North Atlantic in the year 1876 ... Page 276
A p p e n d ix D .— Specific Gravity Observations taken on the Homeward Voyage
between the Falkland Islands and Portsmouth ........................ Page 278
A p p e n d ix E.—List of the Stations in- the Atlantic at which Observations
were taken in the year 1876 Po,ge 283
CHAPTER V.
GENERAL CONCLUSIONS.
The Contour of the Bed of th e Atlantic.—The Atlantic Ocean divided by a
series of Ridges into three Basins.—The Nature of the Bottom.—Pelagic
Foraminifera.—Hastigerina mu r ra y i—Volcanic débris.—Products of the
Decomposition of Pumice.—The Distribution of Ocean Temperature.—
Laws regulating the Movements of the Upper Layers of the Atlantic.—
Corrections of Six’s Thermometers.—Laws regulating the Movement of
Water in the Depths of the Atlantic.—The Doctrine of ‘ Continuous
Barriers.’—The Distribution and Nature of the Deep Sea Fauna.—The
Universal Distribution of Living Beings.—Causes Modifying and Restricting
the Distribution of the Higher Forms. — Relations of the
Modem to the Ancient Faunæ.—The Challengerida.— The Density of
Sea-water. — The Amount and Distribution of Carbonic Acid. — Cf
Cxygen Page 287
A p p e n d ix A.—The General Result of the Chemical and Microscopical Examination
of a Series of Twenty Samples of the Bottom from the Cbserv-
ing Stations on the Section between Teneriffe and Sombrero Page 369
A p p e n d ix B.—Table showing the relative frequency of the occurrence of
the Principal Groups of Marine Animals at Fifty-two Stations a t which
Dredging or Trawling was carried to depths greater than 2,000
Fathoms Page 382
A p p e n d ix C.—Table showing the amount of Carbonic Acid contained in
Sea-water at various Stations in Atlantic Page 384