708 



THE VOYAGE OF H.M.S. CHALLENGER. 



MONDAY, 7th February 1876. 



4. 



6. 

 8. 

 10. 

 Noon, 

 2. 

 4. 



10. 

 Midt. 



t'otals 



Mean. 



True 

 Direction. 



N.W. 



NW b N. 



NW b N. 



W.N. W. 



W.N.W. 



W b N. 



W b N. 



W, 



w b s. 

 w. 



w. 



NW b W. 



35 



beqp 

 be 

 cp 



be 

 be 

 be 

 be 

 eqp 

 be 

 be 

 be 

 b 



beqp 



14 



. SIM 



•970 

 •956 

 •967 

 ■000 

 •018 

 ■091 

 •146 

 •225 

 ■312 

 ■412 

 ■463 

 •545 



•2105 



29175 



Thermometer. 



Dry 

 Bulb. 



96-3 

 48-0 



Damp 

 Bulb. 



82-0 



46-8 



95 

 93 

 96 

 95 

 95 

 93 

 93 

 93 

 79 

 86 

 90 

 93 



1101 





•19 



46-2 



59 



Description of Clouds. 



Upper. 



Cir str. 

 Cir. 



Str. 



Cir str. 



Cir. 



Lower. 



Remarks. 



Cm.&Cm.st 



Cum. 

 Str.&Cm. 



Cm.&Str. 

 Cum. 

 Cum. 

 Cum. 



Cum. 

 Cum. 



Cir., 

 Str., it 

 Cir str. 



Cum. & 

 Str. 



At noon, lat. 50° 41' s. long. 56° 20' w. 



Temperature by self-registering thermo- 

 meter, max. 51°, min. 46° 5. 



Current, N. 39° E. 4'. 



Shortly after 1 a.m., the wind hauled 

 to w. and fell light. At 2 A.M., 

 it was calm. 



At 2.30 a.m., barometer began again to 

 fall, and wind backed to N.W. 



Albatross seen. 



Sp. gr. 1-02517. 



TUESDAY, 8th. 



WEDNESDAY, 9th. 



2. 



4. 



6. 



8. 



10. 



Noon. 



2. 



4. 



6. 



8. 



10. 



Midt. 



Totals. 



s\v b \v. 



w b s. 



w. 



W b N. 



W°N. 



NW b N. 



NW b N. 



W.N.W. 



W b N. 



W D S. 



W b S. 

 W b S 



Mean. w4n. 



bep 

 be 

 be 

 be 

 be 

 be 

 beqp 



'"'Ml' 

 beqp 

 beqp 

 beqpd 

 bop 



beqp 



21 



•292 

 •293 

 •323 

 •324 

 •327 

 •314 

 •287 

 •244 

 ■195 

 •293 

 •382 

 •389 



■3663 



29-305 



83 2 



47-2 



57-8 



44-8 



At noon, lat. 48° 10' s. long. 56° 9' w. 

 Temperature by self-registering thermo- 

 meter, max. 51° -7, min. 44° -7. 

 Current, N. 10° w. 11'. 

 One or two albatross. 

 Sp. gr. 1 -02535. 



After 10.30 p.m., wind became steady 

 in force. 



