reproduced from original documents in the library holdings of
Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, USA
Copyright © 2004 by Dr. David C. Bossard
INTRODUCTION TO THE ZOOLOGY REPORTS
by
Sir. C. WYVILLE THOMSON, 1880



Preface  vii  viii  ix  x  xi  xii  xiii  xiv

CONTENTS.

Object of the Challenger Expedition  1   001  002  003

Trial Cruises of the Porcupine (1869)  3   003  004  005  006  007  008  009  010

Alterations in the Challenger  10   010  011

    The Deep-Sea Dredge  11  011  012  013  014

    Dredging and Trawling  14   014  015  016  017  018

    The Tow Nets  18   018  019

    The Sieves  19   019

    The Work-room  20   020  021  022

    The Deck-housing  22   022

    Preserving Media  22   022  023  024

    The Steam-Pinnace  24   024

Preparation of the Report and Disposition of the Specimens  24   024  025  026  027  028  029  030  031  032  033

Nature and Distribution of the Fauna of the Deep Sea  33   033

    Absence of a Depth-limit to Life  33   033  034

    The Abyssal Fauna  34   034  035  036

       Tables of Relative Frequence of Occurrence  36   036  037  038  039  040  041

    Nature of the Bottom  41   041  042  043

    Uniformity of Abyssal Fauna  43   043  044  045  046

    Source of Abyssal Fauna  46   046  047  048

General Conclusions  48   048  049  050  051

Appendix: Sounding Positions  51   051  052  053  054  055  056  057  058  059  060

Notice  61  061  062