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It was manifestly impracticable to do much studying at 

 night, as the motion \yas too great to admit of basins or dishes 

 of water being used on the tables in the hold, and there \yas 

 no ayailable light on deck. Collecting of pelagic forms is 

 carried on at a serious disadyantage on a sailing yessel. as most 

 of these animals come to the surface only during calm \yeather. 

 and at such times the yessel has no headway, so that, the tow 

 nets cannot be used, and skippers dislike to haye the boats 

 leaye the yessel durin£{ a calm, not kno\yinfr when a fayorable 

 breeze may spring up. Thus it happened that the amount of 

 pelagic material secured by us was not nearly so great in pro- 

 portion to other forms, as is usually secured when steam 

 yessels are employed. 



Wednesdax. ]\Ia\' loth, latitude 29" 50'. longitude 76^5'. 

 The weather was still inclined to be squally, and the yessel was 

 kept under reefed fore and mainsail. About four o'clock p. m. 

 an ominous bank of black clouds appeared in the north, its 

 upper margin being regularly conyex and clear cut. with a 

 fringe of white scud rolling on before. It came upon us with 

 appalling rapidity. Some of the young men proyed of real 

 use in helping take in sail, the mainsail being too heayy and 

 bulky to be quickly managed by the crew. Their college 

 athletic training stood the young men in good stead, and they 

 gaye effectual aid on this, as on many subsequent occasions 

 when prompt action was necessary. A torrent of rain came 

 with the squall, and a furious wind, sending the rain with 

 stinging force into the faces of those who remained on deck. 

 The execrable joining in the sky-light over the main hatch 

 caused the water to pour in streams into the hold, although 

 our effects were so stowed that no damage was done beyond 

 making the hold exceedingly damp. It was. howeyer, some- . 

 what uncomfortable to haye a stream of water trickling down 

 the back of one's neck while at the table, as was the fate of 

 some whose places were unfortunately directly under the 

 hatch combing. 



The squall gaye rise to a heayy sea. and destroyed all com- 

 fort for the rest of the da}'. The seasick ones were made 



