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and caught 1288 Myctophids, of which 88 were M. coccoi, and the rest 

 M. affinis. 



April 21st. Awoke to a heavy swell and a squally, rainy day, most 

 unlike this region. Passed Barrington early, and Chatham in the 

 afternoon, dim and hazy in rain-clouds. Sounded at 3:30 p. m. in 

 173 fathoms and a Petersen trawl yielded nothing but a few very 

 remarkable crab larvae, some with enormously lengthened fore and 

 aft bars, and others with radiating rods with strange swellings on 

 some of them. 



Several albatrosses flew past the ship and we could see the eastern 

 end of Hood, where they nest. Occasional large flyingfish, and black 

 shearwaters. 



Five miles south of Hood sounded in 401 fathoms and after dark 

 sent down the small Petersen and a metre net to 200 fathoms. Got 

 a huge transparent Isopod, Cystosoma, alive and perfect. In a half- 

 metre net towed at the surface at the same time, we took five hun- 

 dred Myctophids, mostly M. affi,nis. 



Earlier in the afternoon a metre net caught a beautiful mass of 

 small colored medusae, stalk-eyed shrimps, and radiating, higlily col- 

 ored radiolarians. 



John Tee- Van was sitting in front of the big aquarium this even- 

 ing when the glass broke and deluged him with fish and water. 



Noon position: Lat. 1° 00' S: Long. 89° 41' W. 



April 22nd. A grey day with the Arcturus doing some reminiscent 

 rolls. Now and then we clutch at things and brace our feet in almost 

 Atlantic style. Thirty-three miles south of Hood sounded in 1820 

 fathoms, then ran a line of thermometers to 3000 metres, where we 

 found 36.5° F. The instruments were icy and the water-bottles frosted. 



Put out a Petersen and a metre net at 1200 fathoms, an otter trawl 

 and a metre net at 800 fathoms and a metre net at 400, taking two 

 hours. We wallowed badly, but after towing for two hours, and 

 consuming two hours to bring in the cable again, found everything in 

 good shape except the otter trawl, which was all wound up on the 

 main cable. The haul as a whole was excellent and there were many 

 new fish. 



Noon position: Lat. 2° 00' S: Long. 89° 37' W. 



April 23rd. There being no signs of the Humboldt Current yester- 

 day, we went slow on both engines all night to the south, and sounded 

 this morning at 5:30 in 1835 fathoms. Then we took six temperatures 

 down to 500 metres. 



The drift to the east last night was almost nil, as compared with 

 that the preceding night, which was strong to the northwest. This 

 shows either that the cold Humboldt Current has been driven far to 

 the southward, or it is temporarily overlaid by the Panama Equa- 

 torial Current. 



Swell continues, sky is overcast, with at least three rain squalls in 

 sight to the southward. A shearwater flew on board at 4 a. m. 



