Log Letters from 'The Challenger.'

Front matter

fi ■ LOG-LETTERS FROM 'THE CHALLENGER." LOG-LETTEBS FROM "THE CHALLENGER." P.Y LORD GEORGE CAMPBELL. FIFTH EDITION. Jonbon : MACMILLAN AND CO. 1877. LONDON : R. CLAY, SONS, AND TAYLOR, PRINTERS, BREAD STREET HILL. [The Riyla of Translation and Reproduction is Reserved.} These Letters — extracted from my Log— were written home during our cruise with no intention of publication. They are, I am well aware, exceedingly rough in style and language, hut I have thought it best to leave them — round ing off only the most ear-break ins; angularities — as they were written. Such as they are 1 hope they will give the reader a general idea of the Challenger's cruise — a cruise which will rank as famous in the Annals of Science. In this edition I have, I hope, knocked off a few more angularities, and added some additional notes.

The map originally appeared in the Royal Society's Proceedings, illustrating a paper written by Mr. Murray on Oceanic Deposits. For its reproduction here I have obtained the kind permission of the Eoyal Society's Council. CONTENTS.

"CHALLENGER."