VOYAGE OF THE ‘ECLIPSE.’ 51 
24th. 70° 30’N., 4° 15’ W.; wind W., force 3; air 28°, sea 30°. 
The edge of the main ice in sight. ‘The first good day since 
leaving Lerwick.” ‘‘A number of Bottle-noses seen to-day ; 
some very large bulls, and one female with sucker.” 
29th. 72° 50’, 2° 45’ H.; wind §.W. by S., force 5; air 55°, 
sea 81°. Passed one Seal on a piece of ice. 
80th. 78° 48’, 5° 28’E.; wind N.N.E., force 8; air 16°, sea 29°. 
‘Karly this morning a Raven came near the ship, and for a few 
minutes hovered over so close that we could easily distinguish 
the open spaces between the primaries of the wings.” 
On 80th four mock suns seen. The whole month of March 
was a constant succession of gales, more or less severe, and bad 
weather of all sorts with tremendous seas. The air temperature 
was 15° on the 22nd (sea 34°); the temperature of the sea varied 
from 28° to 85° as the ship stood on and off the ice; lowest 
barometer 28° 7’ on the 26th. 
April 1st to 8rd. Bad weather continued on the 1st; the 
barometer fell to 27° 82’ before a S.W. gale. On 8rd steamed 
into the ice, ‘‘reaching smooth water and shelter for the first 
time since leaving Lerwick, a period of twenty-two days, during 
which time we have had to lie to for gales of wind eight different 
times.” 
8rd to 16th. The ‘Eclipse’ virtually missed the young sealing, 
owing to the weather she had encountered, and went N.W. to 
shoot old Seals. 
17th to 20th. Between 77° 20’ N., 2°15’ E., and 78° 5'N., 
0° 0’ long. Many Seals and Narwhals were seen, with Looms 
(Guillemots), Rotches (Little Auks), Dovekies (Black Guillemots), 
Snow-birds (Ivory Gulls), Burgomasters, and Mallemauks (Ful- 
mars); prevailing winds S. and 8.W. 
May 2nd. 74° 80’ N., 10° 0’ W.; wind N., force 3; air 23°, 
sea 29°. ‘This forenoon a large bird was seen a short distance 
from the ship, much larger than the Burgomaster, our largest 
Gull, most probably one of the Albatross family.” * 
16th. 78° 10’N., 3° 10’ E.; light southerly air; air 23°, 
** On the 15th June, 1878, in lat. 80° 11’ N., long. 4° E., Capt. Gray shot 
an Albatross, said by Mr. Sim, of Aberdeen. (‘Land and Water,’ vol. xxvi. 
(1878), p. 381), to be a Black-browed Albatross (Diomedea melanophrys, 
Temm.), which is now preserved in the Peterhead Museum.—T. 8. 
