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he would read off the wet- and dry-bulb temperatures from the 

 Assmann psychrometer he held in his hand. It was sometimes 

 a very thrilling experience, especially in rough seas; for he must 

 manage to hold a watch, a recorder's pad, a pencil, a bottle of 

 water, and the psychrometer in one hand while he clung to the 

 mast with the other. 



Our last two oceanographic stations before reaching Peru 

 brought bad luck. On January 10 the piano-wire broke, causing 

 the loss of the bottom-snapper, a Nansen bottle, and two thermom- 

 eters. However, the trouble encountered on January 12 was 

 so unusual that we rather enjoyed it. The bottom-sampler was 



PHYSICAL FEATURES VERTICAL CROSS" SECTIONS OCEAN-WATER PACIFIC OCEAN 



PASSAGE CANAL ZONE TO EASICH ISLAND TO PERU-OCTOBER I9.?8 TO JANUARY I9i9 

 OCEAN-STATIONS 35-70 

 61 60 S9 58 57 565552 51 50 49 M "7 46 45 44 4.3 4^^ 41 40 



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Typical Vertical Section Showing Salt-content of Sea-water at Various Depths 

 FOR Voyage from Panama to Easter Island to Peru 



being sent down as usual and 500 feet were paid out when the wire 

 suddenly went slack. This was certainly bewildering for there 

 was a great depth of water below the ship. The windlass brought 

 back the sampler and sure enough, it had closed. What had we 

 struck? Was it a whale? This was the only explanation which 

 seemed plausible. The sounding was then repeated, and a good 

 sample was received from several thousand feet. 



Soule had a set-back in his work in the laboratory about this 

 time. One morning he found that the wax which holds the 

 cells in the salinity -bridge had melted and had dropped into the 

 water-bath below. An indescribable mess resulted. It 

 quired two days of hard work to clean things up. 



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