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Extracts from the Log of the 1904 Cruise 



Station 

 13. 



Station 

 14. 







Temperature of air = 17 - 6° 



c. 





Temperature at — 





Temperature at — 





fathom 



... 16-0° C. 



900 fathoms .. 



. 4-2° C. 



25 fathoms 



... 14-0° C. 



1,000 



55 



. 3-9° C. 



50 



55 



... 12-7° C. 



1,100 



55 



. 3-6° C. 



75 



55 



... 11-6° C. 



1,200 



55 



3-6° C. 



100 



5) 



... 11-4° C- 



1,300 



55 



. 3-6° C. 



200 



55 



... 10-5° C. 



1,400 



55 



. 3-5° C. 



300 



55 



... 9-8° C. 



1,500 



55 



. 3-1° C. 



400 



55 



... 8-8° C. 



1,600 



55 



. 3-0° C. 



500 



55 



... 7-6° C. 



1,700 



55 



. 3-0° C. 



600 



55 



... 6-4° C. 



1,800 



55 



. . 3-0° C. 



700 



55 



... 5-4° C. 



1,900 



55 



. 2-8° C. 



800 



55 



... 4-5° C. 



2,000 



55 



. 2-7° C. 



The distance from Fayal was now 500 miles. The evening ended in 

 almost dead calm, the little hreeze there was being from south-west, 

 and the barometer high, 30*2, and steady. 



At noon on July 6 the position was Lat. 43° 42' N., Long. 21 ° 18' W., 

 just forty-six miles from the last station, the sea dead calm, and every- 

 thing most favourable for work with the closing-net, and it was with 

 deep annoyance that it was discovered that tlie opening piston of the net 

 was broken. Two hours' delay was occasioned while this was repaired 

 by screwing both pieces together, and the net was lowered to 

 1,500 fathoms. It was with considerable surprise when the net came 

 up that it was seen to have been trailing over the bottom, and the 

 contents of the net were only a little fine, white sand and a small jet- 

 black stone. The chart gives no soundings hereabouts, but at the last 

 station, only forty-six miles away, 2,000 fathoms of wire was lowered 

 without finding bottom, so that striking bottom here at 1,500 fathoms 

 was quite unexpected. Plankton hauls at 1,000 and at 600 fathoms were 

 successful. There was fog all day, with occasional drizzle, and a sight 

 of the sun only for a few minutes at noon. 



A fresh breeze springing up from the north-east, Station 14 was 

 reached at 8 a.m., in Lat. 43° 11' N., Long. 22° 27' W., and sound- 

 ing at 1,600 fathoms, no bottom was reached. Evidently the compara- 

 tively shallower water of the last station had been left behind. Other 



