^56 FROM THE ST. LAWRENCE ISLANDS 



OBSERVATIONS. 



Temperature of the air - - - 85° 0' 



Temperature on the surface of the water - 87 

 At a depth of 100 fathoms - - - 56 2 



Transparency of the water thirteen fathoms. 



We were troubled with a calm for several days, 

 I therefore steered more to the north, to reach the 

 region of the monsoon, and take the direct course 

 to the island of Guahon, one of the Ladrones. 



The 14th : latitude, at noon, 9° ST; longitude, 

 according to the chronometers, 204° 44'. The 

 calm permitted us to make the following observa- 

 tions with the Six-thermometer. 

 Temperature of the air - _ . 84° 00 



Temperature on the surface of the water 83 00 

 Temperature at a depth of twenty-five 



fathoms 77 00 



The 15th. There is still a calm. The latitude 

 at noon, 9° 25' 48"; longitude, according to the 

 chronometers, 205° 00' 45". To-day, a large 

 shark was caught, and in his belly was found, to 

 the great astonishment of the crew, a seal-skin 

 cap, lined with cloth, which one of our sailors, a 

 few days before, had been obliged to throw over- 

 board, to avoid the jokes of his comrades. This 

 cap, which had nearly the fate of Casern's slipper, 

 was scarcely to be recognized, on account of the oil 



