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 Table — (Continued) 

 Showing when and where Pumice or Volcanic Dust was observed in the 

 Indian Ocean in 1883-84. 



Names of Vessels. 



Month 

 and 

 Day. 



Castleton. 



Airlie 



(Capt. Knight) 



1883 

 Aug. 28 



„ 29 



Sept. 9 



Fch. bark Gipsy.,. „ 9 

 (Capt. Martin) 



Marie Alfred 



Sottenhurn 



„ 20 



Oct. 13 



» 14 

 „ 15 



Hours. 



2 A.M. 



6 A.M. 

 2 P.M. 



6 A.M. 

 2 P.M 



9 A.M. 



6 A.M. 



4 P.M. 

 4 A.M. 



Midt. 



Position at Noon. 



Lat. I Long. 



5° 58' S. 

 6,56 S. 



7.31 S. 



4.57 S. 



7.02 S. 



Sunda 



No 

 7.19 S. 



93° 30' 

 93.01 



Bemarks. 



103.11 



79.46 

 E.P. 



101.15 E 



Straits 



Obs. 

 104.00 



on deck. At noon dust 

 still falling. At 2 p.m. 

 dust still falling. Col- 

 . lected dust off the 

 deck. Pumice-stone 

 floating in the water. 

 At 2 P.M. dust still 

 falling ; large quan- 

 tities of pumice float- 

 ing past. 



Large quantities of 

 lava. Passing through 

 large quantities of 

 lava. 



Grand banc flottant de 

 pierre-ponce pendant 

 toute la journee, sui- 

 vant le vent comme 

 dans la mer de Sar- 

 gasse. 



Nous passons dans des 

 bancs successifs et tres 

 rapproches de pierre- 

 ponce. 



Tremendous fields of 

 pumice stopped the 



vessel. 



Lots of pumice along 



side. 

 Passing large fields of 



pumice. 



