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VARIOUS SOUNDINGS
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C 1596 A [No locality given]; ocean; 1300 fathoms
C 1597 B Southwest of Sandwich Islands [= Hawaiian Islands];
7 fathoms, 3 feet
C 1598 C Pontiae [?] [= Pontine Islands, Tyrrhenian Sea ?];
150 fathoms
C 1599 D Straits of Sangas; Hancock no. 1; rinsings; 29 fathoms
C 1600 E Agulhas Bank, South Africa; 70 fathoms; light portions
obtained by floating
C 1601 F Edge of Agulhas Bank, South Africa; 70 fathoms; natural
state
C 1602 G Key Biscayne, Florida; 2-1/2 fathoms
C 1603 H [Gulf Stream ?]; Position 15; washed from soundings;
19 fathoms
C 1604 I Gulf Stream; Position 9; 100 fathoms
C 1605 J [No locality given]; 1800 fathoms
C 1606 K Lat. 0° 32' [See #1580 and #1582; same?]
C 1607 L Coast of Georgia, Inland Passage; 60 miles from
Jacksonville, Florida
C 1608 M Lat. 38° 04' 40" N, Long. 73° 56' 47" W; 90 fathoms;
[Gulf Stream; north Atlantic coast of Maryland]
C 1609 N Lat. 40° 59' 55" N, Long. 71° 48' 55" W; 19 fathoms;
[Gulf Stream]
C 1610 O Southeast of Cape Henlopen, Lat. 38° 04' 40" N, Long.
73° 56' 47" W; soundings H. no. 1; 90 fathoms; by levigation
C 1611 P Southeast of Cape Henlopen; Lat. 38° 40' 40" N, Long.
75° 0' 30" W; 10 fathoms; soundings H. no. 2
C 1612 Q Southeast of Cape Henlopen; Lat. 38° 29' 56" N, Long.
74° 38' 04" W; 20 fathoms; soundings H. no. 17
C 1613 R Southeast of Cape Henlopen; Lat. 38° 09' 23" N, Long.
74° 04' 05" W; 50 fathoms; soundings H. no. 67; by
levigation
C 1614 S [Southeast of Cape Henlopen]; Lat. 38° 41' N, Long. 74°
06' W; 20 fathoms; soundings G. no. 27; by levigation