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had moderated ; reached Sultana in Safe Haven about 

 8.30 ; found they had had worse weather than ourselves. 



July 23. Semmoline arrived at noon. With Ludwig 

 on shore to eastward ; found two Little Auks' nests and 

 got big young ones out. Shown site of Goose's nest. 

 Fossil and plant hunting. Semmoline oH at 5 p.m. B. 

 built cairn on W. side and deposited record. Sultana 

 off at 6 p.m. 



24th, Sunday. Becalmed ; foggy. Semmoline van- 

 ished. By noon off Bell Sound. Spoke a-jagt from the 

 N. with 80 walrus and 90 seals ! 



July 25. Calm and fine ; jagts in company. 



July 26. Do., Do., Do. Little drift ice between 

 Bell and Horn Sounds. 



27th. Calm morning, foggy. 2 p.m., heavy cross 

 sea rising ; opening Syd Cap in company. 



28th. High sea ; boats got in and made snug. 

 Wind dropped as day got on and calm in afternoon. 



29th. Calm and foggy. About 15 miles from S. 

 Cape. Semmoline becalmed in-shore. M. S. shot a big 

 seal {Ph. harbata) from deck and he was duly harpooned. 

 Thick fog in evening. 



July 30. Breeze from eastward, very cold ; dripping 

 fog, clearing a Httle at times. Breeze freshened towards 

 evening, but fog thick, so lay-to. 



July 31, 9 a.m. Semmoline close by ; ordered to keep 

 within sight ; fog all day ; consort generally not a 

 100 yards off. 



August 1. Fog as before. Do. consort. Met ice 

 in evening. 



August 2. 1 a.m., thick fog ; large quantities of ice. 

 Hove-to along with consort, whom we soon after lost 

 sight of as she drifted to leeward. Supposed to be about 

 half way between S. Cape and Hope Island. Sounding 

 all day. 



August 3. Fog as before ; wind easterly ; miserably 

 cold ; everything wet through. A few birds in evening. 



August 4. Dripping fog as before. About 5 p.m., 

 wind got Northerly and fog hfted showing Valhs Pt. 



