The cruise of Her Majesty's ship "Challenger" : voyages over many seas, scenes in many lands . 21st December all was pronounced ready,and the most important surveying expedition whichhad ever sailed from any country left PortsmouthHarbour. As the day advanced, in our progressdown Channel, we fell in with miserable, stormyweather, which was our accompaniment for sometime. Thus we left our native shores. The sen-sations were indeed painful; parting from home,with all its pleasing associations, and cherished re-collections, had a powerful influence, and gave riseto melancholy impressions, happily
The cruise of Her Majesty's ship "Challenger" : voyages over many seas, scenes in many lands . 21st December all was pronounced ready,and the most important surveying expedition whichhad ever sailed from any country left PortsmouthHarbour. As the day advanced, in our progressdown Channel, we fell in with miserable, stormyweather, which was our accompaniment for sometime. Thus we left our native shores. The sen-sations were indeed painful; parting from home,with all its pleasing associations, and cherished re-collections, had a powerful influence, and gave riseto melancholy impressions, happily relieved by thecomforting hope that we should one day be permittedto return to all those so dear to us. The weather continuing of the same wild andstormy character as we crossed the Bay of Biscay,it was not until the 30th December, nine days afterleaving England, that an opportunity presented it-self of commencing scientific work ; when we were 12 CRUISE OF CHALLENGER. about 40 miles west of Yigo Bay, our first sound-ing was obtained at a depth of 1125 fathoms, the (©Fry A 2. SOUNDING AND DEEDGING APPARATUS. Fig. 1. Sounding machines. Fig. 2. Slip water-bottle. Fig. 3. Deep-sea 4. The dredge. Fig. 5. Cup sounding lead. bottom being Grlobigerina ooze. After this thedredge was put over and lowered to the bottom, TEE FIRST SOUNDING AND DREDGING. IS where it was allowed to remain some hours, thevessel slowly drifting onward. On hauling* in itwas found turned upside-down, and in a lovelytangle. A second attempt was made, and afew specimens were brought up, one a rare fish,and some others of scientific value, enough tocompensate for the disappointment of the firstfailure. Dredging was resumed on the 2nd January, butwith no better results, for the dredge fouled thebottom, and eventually the rope parted and some3000 fathoms were lost. The next day we steamed in for the land, theweather being much finer as we approached the coast,passing on our way betwee
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