34 Extracts from the Log of the 1904 Cruise 



Station 

 28. 



Station 

 29. 



Station 

 30. 



Station 

 31. 



Station 

 o2. 



Station 



A fresh wind lusted throughout the night, and early on July 28 

 Station 28 was reached in Lat, 25° 04' N., Long. 21° 18' W., and 

 water samples were taken at every 200 fathoms from 1,400 fathoms 

 upwards. A strong southerly current ran here, so strong that, although 

 with a fresh to strong west-south-west breeze, the wire stood right under 

 the ship"s bottom. With a fresh breeze lasting all night, Lat. 34° 22' N., 

 Long. 20° 00' W., was reached at 7 a.m., and the closing-net was put 

 down to 1,000. Sill), and successively every 100 fathoms to the 

 surface. Coming along at a tine pace throughout the night with 

 a good north-east breeze, at 5 a.m. the ship was at Lat. 33° 37' N. and 

 Long. 19° 00' W., and the closing-net was put down to 800 and each 

 100 fathoms to surface. Two turtles kept round the yacht all day, 

 and one of the crew harpooned one of them through the neck and had 

 it fast for some time, when it broke away and disappeared. On 

 July 31. in Lat. 32° 55' N. and Long. 17° 48' W., with Madeira 

 bearing south-east twenty-nine miles away, a sounding at 1.400 fathoms 

 gave no bottom, though the temperature was 3° 0. Probably not very 

 far from bottom, the closing-net was put down to 1,200, 1,000, 700, 

 500, and then each 100 fathoms to surface. Then way was made for 

 Funchal. 



Here five days was occupied cleaning up and overhauling tackle, a 

 new chain-wheel having to be cast for the winch. After leaving and 

 lying becalmed outside Funchal for several hours until dark, a fresh 

 head breeze sprang up, and at 5 a.m. the station in Lat. 32° 41' N., 

 Long. 16° oli' W., was reached on August 7. and in GO fathoms an 

 attempt was made to dredge, but, the bottom being very rocky, the 

 hauls were not very successful, chiefly shells and coral, most of the 

 latter in the tangles. 



Beating to windward all night, at S a.m. on August 8 the ship was 

 brought to in Lat. 32° ,~>7' X.. Long. 15° 23' W\. for the purpose of 

 tow-netting, but though the day was bright and clear, there was too 

 great a swell to lower the net to great depths. However, from 

 600 fathoms to surface, at intervals of 100 fathoms, the hauls of the 

 closing-net were pretty successful. At li a.m. the next day (August 9) 



