/O DEEP-SEA SOUNDING. 



November 6, 1885. At 5.12 a.m. got under way and 

 proceeded to sea with a falling barometer. At 8.05 

 A.M. shortened and furled sail, then sounded in 637 

 fathoms, lat. 41° 41' S., long. 175° 00' E. In reeling in 

 the wire parted, losing 300 fathoms and the sounding- 

 cup. At 8.50 A.M. made sail, uncoupled propeller, and 

 banked fires. The wind increasing to a moderate gale 

 from the N.N.W. to N.W., accompanied by a rough 

 sea, fires were spread, and at 4 p.m. the vessel was lying 

 to under after-stormsails, assisted by the engines, which 

 were kept moving slowly. The roll of the ship was 

 deep, at times 32° to starboard and 20° to port. The 

 decks were continually drenched with spray, the hatches 

 were battened down, and altogether the night was a 

 most uncomfortable one. The success of our undertak- 

 ing did not look promising. At 8 the barometer stood 

 29.27 ; at midnight 29.31. Temperature 54°. 



November 7. At midnight the gale broke, and at 

 1.30 A.M. the ship was put on her course under sail, the 

 wind decreasing steadily in force and veering to the 

 westward. At 6.15 a.m. shortened and furled sail, then 

 sounded in 1192 fathoms, lat. 42° 27' S., long. 175° 34^ 

 E. ; blue mud. At 7.10 a.m. started ahead under steam. 

 The wind became variable and light during the day, the 

 sky overcast with mist and drizzling rain. In the even- 

 insf the wind veered to the southward of east. At 

 8.40 p.m. Stopped steaming, uncoupled, made sail, and 

 banked fires. Sea moderately smooth at night. At 

 midnight barometer 29.81, temperature 54°. 



