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dragged across the rocks. Both thermometers were smashed in the 

 middle bottle and the lower bottle had several turns of wire around 

 it. It took us about three hours to take station D as we kept con- 

 tinually drifting off the right spot besides the other misfortunes. 

 About eight-thirty we ran back into a place called Frenchman's 

 Cove. Nobody lived there and it was wonderfully wild and small. 

 We passed a very quiet, calm night not even having to take in the 

 mainsail. Although the wind had remained easterly all day, the 

 weather was much dryer in the afternoon and a large clear place ap- 

 peared in the sky which gradually shifted around to NW by way of 

 N. It was very cold taking the stations, the more clothes one had on 

 the better. 



Position Beating down White. Bay 

 Tuesday, July 20th ^ Weather Clear 



Wind Light northerly 



WE got up at five and found a wonderful, clear day but the wind 

 still light and from the E. We therefore had to steam out and 

 down the bay about twelve miles. During the morning we took 

 three stations with very little trouble. By dropping both jibs we 

 found the boat lay very much better. About lunch time we headed 

 back to pick up the shore party. The wind was light and dead aft 

 and we lay around the deck basking in the sun. When we were off 

 Frenchman's Cove again, Bart noticed a fire on shore so in we headed 

 and soon had the skiff and all its cargo aboard. During the rest of the 

 afternoon and night we worked down the bay with light head winds. 

 The shore party had spent their first night (a rainy one) in a cave 

 since they had forgotten the tent. They found a good sized river but 

 its mouth was completely blocked with nets. Every channel was 

 double netted clear across. Bob and John were not able to raise a sin- 

 gle salmon although the nets were full of them. However they both 



