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prudent to make for Halifax harbor during the fog yesterday, and has determined 
to proceed directly to St. Johns. 
July rst. The weather was cool and foggy, and the wind fresh during the 
day. . 
July 2d. Nearly calm throughout the day. 
July 3d. Brisk head wind and considerable swell. 
July 4th. At 7:00 a. m. the temperature was 51°. ‘The wind and sea-swell 
of yesterday continued during the day, at night it was very rough and stormy. 
Foggy at intervals yesterday and to-day. 
July 5th. Heavy swell still continues. The vessel is making fair progress 
under sail, although the cargo is not properly trimmed, there being a decided list 
to port. 
July 6th. Almost calm to-day. Sighted a number of small icebergs yester- 
day and to-day. 
July 7th. At daylight Cape Spear, just south of the entrance to the harbor 
of St. Johns, N. F., wasseen about five miles off, and soon after we signaled to a 
tug to take us into the harbor. At 9:00 a. m. dropped anchor opposite the 
Queen’s wharf. 
On the eighth day of July Mr. Sherman, Mr. Jewell and I began a series of 
observations on shore, with the magnetometer, dip-circle and pendulum. 
During our three weeks stay in St. Johns the observations were continued 
every day except Sunday, and a good series of results obtained. Hon. John 
Delany, Postmaster General of the province of New Foundland, placed his well- 
appointed private observations entirely at the disposal of Mr. Sherman and rend- 
ered all the aid possible in order to make our work pleasant and satisfactory. 
For many personal favors, I am under obligations to him. 
As soon as the vessel arrived, a board of survey inspected the damaged 
boiler, and steps were taken to have the damage repaired. I do not know what 
the official report of the board is, but I gathered from conversations with mem- 
bers of the board and other engineers, that the accident could only have resulted 
through the carelessness or incompetence of the engineers in charge of the vessel. 
The same impression is, I believe, current among the gentlemen composing the 
scientific party and the officers of the ship. 
The engineers left the vessel at St. Johns and returned to the United States. 
on the St. Alhambra of the Cromwell Line. 
Of the present engineers, nothing but the best reports can be heard in St. 
Johns, where they are both well known. Mr. Stein, the chief, is a German and 
has a certificate of competence from the German government. He is also a 
practical machinist, and the business-like manner in which he attends to his work 
inspires every one with confidence in his ability and prudence. The assistant, 
Mr. McRobbie, appears to be equally proficient in the practical work of his. 
department. Both of these gentlemen have been in charge of the engines of 
steamers plying along the northern coast either in the seal fishery or in the La- 
