36 Extracts from the Log of the 1904 Cruise 



Station 

 39. 



9° 38' W., at 10 a.m., and the water-bottle was put down to 1,600 

 fathoms, and samples taken from there to the surface at every 

 200 fathoms. Here a current was found to be going east, and the ship 

 Avas eleven miles farther east than was expected. The temperatures 

 from 100 to 1,200 fathoms were higher than they were at the last 

 station, except at 400 fathoms, where it was 10"7°, as compared with 

 11-1° at the last station. 



August 14 was one of the most unsatisfactory days of the cruise, a 

 strong breeze from the north-north-east all night having rendered the sea 

 quite unsatisfactory for tow-netting, the ship rolling almost scuppers 

 under ; and though the closing-net was lowered to 500 fathoms, and 

 afterwards to 300, 200, and 100, the attempt to do work might as well 

 never have been made. The position of the station was Lat. 35° 16' N., 

 Long. 8° 47' W. Temperature observations were taken to a depth of 

 500 fathoms. 



40. ' After a rough sea all night, wind and sea, however, going down 



graduallv, at 6 a.m. it was sufficiently improved to commence work 

 at this station, in Lat. 35° 55' N., Long. 7° 33' W. A sounding gave 

 770 fathoms, and the closing-net was put down to 700 fathoms, and 

 worked with success at successive depths of 100 fathoms to the 



41 atl0n surface. After a fine night and light fair wind, the next station was 

 reached in Lat. 35° 55' N., Long. 6° 35' W., at 6 a.m. on August 16, 

 and a sounding gave 337 fathoms, and water samples were taken as 

 usual, and the closing-net put down to 300, 200, and 100 fathoms, with 

 successful results. 



42^ 10 ' Before making for Gibraltar, on August 17, Lat. 35° 55' N., 



Long. 5° 54' W., a sounding was made in 172 fathoms, and water 

 samples taken at 100, 50, and 25 fathoms, and the closing-net lowered 

 to 170 fathoms. Unfortunately, half of the closing messenger became 

 detached and lost, and further work was relinquished, and way made 

 for Gibraltar. 



4 3 ^ ' After five days' stay at Gibraltar, work was recommenced on 



August 21 at station Lat. 36° 00' N. and Long. 5° 21' W., where a 

 sounding o-ave 500 fathoms. While hauling on board the wire 



