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system on the engine so it was running perfectly again by noontime. 

 We continued to use power until ten-thirty at night. 



By four o'clock we made out land just forward of the beam. 

 From the rigging it seemed high and covered with patches of snow. 



During the afternoon we passed a very wonderful berg on which 

 the surf was breaking in fine style. About a hundred cameras were 

 dug out and dried off. 



We never moved an inch all night long. Most of the time there 

 was no use even sitting at the wheel. The calm had one good effect 

 as it got rid of most of the swell. 



All hands sailed into a tremendous supper. It certainly seems good 

 to get things dried out. 



Position Off Port Manvers 

 Saturday, August yth ^ Weather Very clear 



Wind Light westerly 



ALMOST the most beautiful day so far. We found two long 

 JlX. strings of bergs ahead and during the morning the ship gradu- 

 ally slid down the lane between them. Something seems to make the 

 bergs come in long strings, perhaps 15 large ones in each line. As 

 we sailed along with the wind aft all morning I could not help 

 thinking of the poem — "And the little 'Revenge' ran on down the 

 long sea lane between." Certainly the bergs are as mighty and as 

 wonderful as the largest of Spanish galleons. 



The warm pleasant weather brought the most tremendous activ- 

 ity on deck. There was a general sharpening of knives. Mac fussed 

 with the rigging while I began the new current-meter. I also finished 

 a cover for the forward hatch which we have great hopes of. In 

 really rough weather when the seas break over the bow and come 

 rushing aft along the deck they often force water down onto the 

 peak which falls on either Bob's or John's bunk. 



