40 Extracts from the Log of the 1904 Cruise 



Station 

 56. 



Station Beating to windward, with a light breeze, north by east, and an extra- 



ordinarily heavy swell from west-north-west, at 7 a.m. the next position, 

 Lat. 43° 27' N., Long. 10° 19' W., was reached. The sea had somewhat 

 lessened, and laying the ship's head into it, she was hove to, and the 

 closing-net was lowered to 1,500, 1,200, 1,000, 800, 600, 400, 200, and 

 100 fathoms with very good results. Shortly after leaving this station 

 the wind backed to north-north-east, and a very heavy swell continued 

 from the north-west. On the port tack all night, about east-north-east, 

 at noon next day the position was Lat. 42° 01' N., Long. 10° 48' W. 

 About as bad a day as could well be for such work, the net was lowered 

 to 1,000 fathoms, and while it was down the ship made two or three 

 fearful rolls, with the result that a kink got into the wire 164 fathoms 

 from the net, and several strands of the wire were broken. It was 

 really not fit to attempt work with closing -nets in deep water. This 

 portion had to be cut off, and the net was then lowered to 800, 600, 

 400, 200, and 100 fathoms, the results being quite successful. 



Making for the next position with a nice breeze from the west-north- 

 west, Lat. 44° 35' N., Long. 9° 52' W., just when the net was being 

 lowered the wind shifted to north-north-east, blowing a strong breeze. 

 However, the closing-net was successfully lowered to 1,500, 1,200, and 

 1,000 fathoms. Meanwhile the wind was continually rising and the 

 ship rolling very heavily, and presently a dense fog came on. At 

 600 fathoms there was a good haul, also at 400, 200, and 100 fathoms. 

 The afternoon closed down ' dirty,' blowing hard right ahead north- 

 north-east, with fine drizzle. The impression derived from the hauls 

 at this locality is that there is much more life in deep water than 

 farther out westwards, as, on the outward trip to the Azores, with 

 better weather and everything in favour of good working of the net, 

 the hauls from the deeper water were much smaller. 



station With a strong; breeze from north-north-east to east-north-east 



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all night, at noon next day the position was Lat. 45° 19' N., Long. 

 10° 20' W. The sea being very disturbed, the closing-net could only 

 with safety be lowered to 500 fathoms, subsequently to 400, 300, 200, 

 and 100, and here the half of the closing messenger was lost. 



Station 

 57. 



