The Cruises in the Faeroe Channel, 1899—1902 17 



The second cruise from Scalloway to Faeroe was started on June 18 

 after a week of continuous gales. For three days after leaving sails 

 were double-reefed, and it required forty-eight hours of dodging round 

 Station A2 before it was safe to venture any apparatus out. Faeroe 

 was reached on June 22, and Scalloway again on the 30th, after three 

 days at Thorshaven. The third cruise was commenced on July 8, 

 double reefs again necessary, and on the 10th running back to 

 St. Magnus Bay for shelter. Thorshaven was reached on the 17th, 

 and Scalloway again on the 23rd. 



The ' summer ' weather of 1902 was but a repetition of that of 

 1901. The hydrographical observations made on these cruises are 

 dealt with later on by Dr. H. N. Dickson. 



