72 DEEP-SEA SOUNDING. 



sounded in i6o fathoms, lat. 43° 53' S.,long. 179° 11' W. ; 

 gray and black sand, shells, lava. At 1. 15 p.m. made 

 sail to royals, banked fires. At 6.50 p.m. hove to and 

 sounded in 184 fathoms, lat. 44' 08' S., long. 1 78° 57' VV. ; 

 gray sand, black specks, shells, and lava. At 7 p.m. put 

 ship on her course, uncoupled, let fires die out. During 

 the forenoon there was a moderately stiff breeze from the 

 northward, varying a point or two on either side. In the 

 afternoon the wind gradually veered to the N.W., de- 

 creasing in force, aud by 10 p.m. the vessel had no steer- 

 age way. Long swell from the northward. At 8 p.m. 

 it became foggy. Current 0.8 knot an hour, setting S. 

 48° E. At midnight barometer 29.93, temperature 



56°. 



November 10. Began with light airs from north- 

 ward, then calm. At 4 a.m. light airs from eastward. 

 Foggy about the horizon. At 8.15 a.m. hove to, to 

 sound, using the casting lead; but not finding bottom in 

 300 fathoms, filled away and started fires in two boilers. 

 At 10.30 a.m. shortened and furled sail, then sounded 

 in 751 fathoms, lat. 44° 41' S., long. 178° 53' W. ; gray 

 sand, black specks, blue mud. At 11. 15 a.m. made sail, 

 banked fires, uncoupled. Set in thick and foggy again 

 in the afternoon, with wind increasing to a fresh breeze 

 Irom N.N.E. Barometer falling. At 3 p.m. spread fires. 

 At 3 .45 p. M. took in sail and sounded again in 996 fathoms, 

 lat. 45° 02' S., long. 178° 21' W.; gray mud and sand. 

 At 4.15 P.M. made sail, uncoupled, and banked fires. At 

 7.35 P.M. shortened and furled sail, then sounded again in 



