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A -.MM! .It-ill ..I phosphorescence lia- Leen ..L-,-i\.-d a t niht -m.e the 

 14th in-t 



/' I'."/- ' ienten.- \ M.n-k ..I' t.-in- w,-i, -, . n toward* the .-veim 



tli.-y looked from alai \.-i\ urn. li like tin- tern- -e.-n in Seotia Bay. I sm\ -, \, ud ,,t 

 tin-in -W.H.].III'_' down into tin- water, an. I ii-in- aim..-! immediately aft.-i waid- \ 

 seal w.i- al-.i -cen 111 the in. .mini;, a- well as a lar^'i- S'||.MI| of |>.ir|)..i-,-^. Flies are 



L'<-Um- .|iiit- mi mil-. Tlnv.- ninth- have I n n, ami, thoiih two w.-n- .-aptinv.!. 



they nianay.-.l to , -.!-. A -mall Ixvtlr. with yellow loimitinlinal lines on the U.-k. 

 \\a- . au-ht. Hrown s, iw tw,, nios,|uiti H -s. l'li'.-|>hore.sfenw not >> marked. 



/' "'' .'/..// Point. No binto neen to-day, except a floek if lainl-hirds 



rejH.rteil iii the nioininu. hut too far off to make out. Some moths ami beetles were 

 eapturei). I>i<l nt oli-,-r\c ans- |)hos|ihon--< . n, . ai m-lit. 



/' _'!>/. Ifi<> 'li l<i I'l'iln. \ few small laml liinU were seen. Many motllH, 

 several .Ira-on -Mies, | a .|\ l.inl- ami L-etle- were ol.-rrve.l. 



/' 22 ; " /' - /', /tin <! I" I'l'il't. Sam.- Least* a - y.-tenlay. Could not 

 make the Linls out. 



/' -l-\rd. DM|)|H-.! an. -hoi at < Inter |!MI|- of Buenos .\i n .s at '_' I-.M. 



Jo 21 - 1904. Ix?ft Biieiio- Aires on our second Antarctic voyage. 



/ t, S3 11' & 57 01' W. Cleared the Kio de la Plata. 



./</,. -_'.!,./. :\i\ .)7' S. 55 45' W. An allmtros and -.un.- jn-tivls. probably prions, 

 seen, also a school of fish, prolmbly ina. k-rel. S.-a \.-ry luminous during the 

 ni-ht. 



./' -'4//<. 31> 'Jl - .!_' \V. I'non |H-tn-l-. a si-liool of porpoises, and a -. al 



are the animals seen to day. The Mies in tin- .al.in an- thinmn<_' out. Sea very 

 luininoiiM at night. 



Jan. 25th, 40 .V.i' S. \\ -I'rion p.-tn-U wan very plentiful. A V.-l.-lh, 



was caught in the draw-hucket and Itottled. Sea slightly phosphorescent at night. 



./in. 26th, 43 10' 8. 54 17' W. Prion petrel-, -torn.y jH-treN. like Wil-.-n -. only 

 more white on their hrea.sts and wings; and a petrel. like a blue one. only with more 

 white mi its under -surface. During the aftt'rnoon a seliool ..( -p.-rm whales came <juitc 

 elo-e to the -dip disjH>rt ing themselves. A piece of kelp was pi.-ked up. with barnacle** 

 and a lanielliLraiieh atta. hel to it. 



./' -J7//.. 4:1 :u' S. 55 07' W. Prion petn-ls and an nlbatww were seen. Mr 

 Bruce and Valette saw a great many examples of Vi-li-ll,i between C> and 8 P.M. 



J" !!' S. 55 21' W. A few small petrels, pn.lmbly Wilson's, were the 



