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dropped an inch since morning, it gave promise of a very dirt}' night. 

 At this station the extraordinary temperature at 60 fathoms suggested 

 something wrong with the observation, but the thermometer was in 

 perfect order. The next station (3) was about thirty miles to wind- 

 ward. The night of September 22 was very stormy, with a wind 

 backing from west to south-west, and the rain falling in torrents. At 

 4 a.m. it veered to north, then north-east, and finally dropped very 

 light, and at 1.30 p.m. the ship was a few miles north-east of the 

 position intended ; but, considering the weather and the early approach 

 of darkness, it was decided to work at this spot. The sounding marked 

 260 fathoms, and when work was finished at 6 p.m. it was getting dark, 

 and the rain was descending in torrents. With a light wind a course 

 was set for Flugga (Shetland), 124 miles distant west half south. 

 While working this station a very large dead whale drifted past the 

 ship. It was quite fresh, and probably had broken away from a whaler 

 during the night. The very light wind and heavy swell made progress 

 slow, and it was not until 11 p.m. on September 25 that Flugga light 

 was made out through a dense fog about one mile south-east during a 

 momentary lift. 



Complete discussion of these results is not at the moment possible, 

 but I may publish along with them the following letter from Professor 

 d'Arcy Thompson, who has been kind enough to provide me with 

 information as to the observations made by the Gohlseeker : 



' Dundee, May 4, 1908. 

 ' My dear Wolfenden, 



' The observations you have sent to me seem to be of very 



great interest, but it is impossible for me to go into them in detail at 



the moment — not only for want of time, but also because our own 



observations for last summer are not yet fully worked up. . . . 



' Your section from Shetland to Norway is a very beautiful one, 

 and shows, in the first place, that we miss much by not running our 

 own line farther towards the Norwegian coast. The other section 

 (Section II.) is taken from the Goldseeker observations for 1906. 



' We did our two Stations 7 and 8, which correspond closely with 



