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PUMICE OR VOLCANIC DUST IN THE INDIAN OCEAN. 
Names of Vessels 
8.8. Countess of Errol 
—cont. 
Barque Rollo (Capt. 
Currie) 
Barque Zva Joshua) 
(Capt. Florentin) 
French barque Hen- 
riette (Capt. A. de 
Lavit) 
Barque Ta Lee (Capt. 
Stolzee) 
Ship Shah Jehan 
(Capt. Williams) 
Month and 
Day 
1883 
Oct. 27 
Nov. 15 
> 16 
Bs LG 
” 28 
Dec. 2 
” 3 
” + 
9 5 
2 
” 7 
% 9 
” 13 
” 14 
8 a.m. 
6 a.m. 
noon 
noon 
8 a.m. 
5 a.m. 
5 a.m. 
6 a.m. 
9 a.m. 
4 p.m. 
a.m. 
6 a.m. 
Position 
at Noon 
Lat. Long. 
E. 
° j 2) 4 
8 448./102 40 
6198.] 88 55 
8 048.] 87 25 
9 368.) 85 46 
6 248.] 62 25 
E. P 
5 428.| 86 47 
loge ae 
No obs. 
7 148.| 87 32 
8 4458. 2 
6 078.]} 81 55 
8 598.| 82 14 
7 268S.| 84 58 
13 478.| 82 00 
15 038.| 81 42 
775 
Remarks 
Sailing through vast 
quantities of pumice. 
Since daylight sailing 
through large quan- 
tities of pumice. At 
midnight still large 
quantities of pumice 
floating on water. 
Still large quantities 
of pumice floating 
past. 
” ” ” 
Sailing all day through 
floating pumice co- 
vered with barnacles. 
Au jour nous avons re- 
marqué que nous 
étions environné de 
pierre-ponce. A 9 
heures nous sommes 
toujours entouré de 
pierre-ponce. 
Il y a encore de pierre- 
ponce. 
Nous avons encore ren- 
contré de pierre- 
ponce. 
Nous recontrons encore 
beaucoup de pierre- 
ponce. 
Passed a bank of pumice 
extending about | 
twenty-five miles ; 
some pieces about 
two feet square. 
Still passing pumice- 
stone and a kind of 
ashes. 
Noticed the sea covered 
in streaks with what 
appeared to be pum- 
ice-stone in pieces 
and in powder; low- 
ered the boat and 
picked up some ; some 
of the stones covered 
with barnacles. 
Throughout the day 
the sea covered in 
streaks with some 
kind of lava and 
large-sized lumps of 
pumice-stone. 
Passed a great deal of 
pumice and lava this 
day. 
