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hands from the captain down. We have sighted no 

 icebergs, but there are lots in the track, one 1000 feet 

 long and 300 feet high, within 800 miles of the Irish 

 coast, but south of our course. To-morrow, mid-day, 

 we should have passed all the ice track, and it will be 

 a great relief to the captain, as they are nasty things to 

 run against." 



" 780 MILES FROM NEW YORK, 

 Wednesday, i $th May. 



We have been steaming along gaily, lovely weather, 

 a little bothered by fogs, but quite calm. We 

 passed an iceberg yesterday, but I did not see it, 

 as it was early in the morning. The Arctic current, 

 which comes down from Greenland, is most marked, 

 and the air over it very cold. The thermometer 

 went down to 37 degrees. It is down this current that 

 the icebergs float. Yesterday evening we left it, and 

 ran into the Gulf Stream, which starts from the Gulf of 

 Mexico, and runs as I have marked it in the little 

 chart, and the sea changed from 38 degrees mid-day 

 to 64 degrees in the evening, which shows you what a 

 definite thing these currents are. I saw gulls out as 

 far as 800 miles, but none in the mid-ocean at all, 

 except the stormy petrel, which I saw whirling like a 

 swift, as happy as can be, bang in the middle of the 

 Atlantic, I 5 oo miles from land, and playing over the 

 waves through the drifting foam like a black imp. 

 Nothing can exceed the kindness of my friend Morse. 

 Douglas and I like him more and more." 



" UNIVERSITY CLUB, NEW YORK, 

 1 1th May. 



We have had a very busy morning, and done a lot of 

 work. I had only time to scribble an end to my letter 



