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June 30. At daybreak we stood to the westward to meet the 

 Tampa, and made contact with her at 3.30 p. m., in lat. 42° 18' N., 

 long. 53° 12' W., where we were relieved of ice-patrol duty, after 

 which we set course for Halifax. We were pleased to note that the 

 berg by which we had been lying was beginning to go to pieces fast 

 when we last saw it on this date. It was calving at frequent intervals 

 and there was a long track of drift ice to leeward, some of the pieces 

 being large growlers which had broken off from the parent berg. 



After tlie first two days out of Halifax we had remarkably mild 

 weather. Mostly light southerly airs to winds prevailed. The maxi- 

 mum barometer was 30.47 and the minimum 30.14. Fog held over 

 the colder waters in the vicinity of the Tail of the Bank continuously 

 until the 25th inst., after which date the visibility was very good. 



The cooperation of passing vessels in giving us sea-water tempera- 

 tures was gratifying, 141 different vessels sending in 438 sea-water 

 temperature reports. 



Routine ice warnings and, where necessary, obstruction reports 

 were broadcasted and sent daily to Hydrographic Office, New York; 

 Fuelite, Halifax, Nova Scotia; and Cape Race. 



The following ice and obstruction reports were received (the first 

 group of figures, in each case, represents north latitude, and the 

 second group west longitude) : June 14, steamship Bothwell, ice (no 

 description given), 48° 01', 48° 36'; 48° 00', 48° 11'; 47° 58', 48° 49'; 

 47° 44', 49° 06'; 47° 47', 49° 25'; 47 °46', 49° 55'; 47° 03', 51° 51'; 

 47° 10', 51° 33'; June 15, steamship Lord Kelvin, berg and growler, 

 45° 37', 47° 35'; two bergs, 45° 00', 48° 55'; four bergs, 44° 55' 

 48° 47'; steamship Idefjord, two bergs, 44° 40', 48° 15'; steamship 

 Graindon, small bergs 10 miles south of Cape Race; June 16, Battle 

 Harbor, ice off shore north, none south; Fogo, numerous bergs and 



Sowlers; steamship Malmen, berg, 42° 59', 51° 32'; June 17, Battle 

 arbor, heavy jam ice north, no ice south; Fogo, numerous bergs 

 and growlers; Bonavista, no ice; steamship Empress of France, 

 growlers, 46° 47', 48° 40'; steamship Marilia, two growlers, 44° 

 10', 48° 50'; berg, 44° 15', 49° 12'; several growlers, 44° 03', 

 48° 40'; steamship Cragness, berg, 43° 05', 49° 13'; steamship 

 Samuel L. Fuller, red buoy, 42° 54', 45° 53'; June 18, steamship 

 Storm King, berg, 42° 21', 51° 22'; steamship Redondo, large berg, 

 42° 57', 50° 37'; steamship Hastings County, berg, 45° 10', 47° 30^; 

 steamship Tyrltena, small growlers, 48° 25', 48° 53'; berg, 48° 17', 

 49° 49'; large growlers, 48° 11', 49° 14'; two growlers, 48° 10', 

 49° 22'; large berg, 48° 14', 49° 38'; steamship Canopic, berg, 48° 06', 

 49° 50'; berg, 47° 47', 50° 07'; berg, 47° 50', 50° 11'; steamship 

 Tyrrhenia, large berg, 47° 49', 50° 17'; large berg, 47° 48', 50° 2V; 

 large berg, 47^ 27', 51° 11'; large berg, 47° 20', 51° 36'; steamship 

 Carmania, large conical buoy covered with rust and marine growth, 

 40° 14', 52° 49'; steamship Polonia, vessel's mast, 15 feet high, 

 41° 15', 49° 50'; June 19, Battle Harbor, numerous bergs; Fogo, 

 numerous bergs; steamship Canopic, growler, 46° 31', 53° 22^'; 

 steamship Nascopec, three bergs and drift ice from 48° 48', 50° 08', 

 to 48° 39', 50° 32'; steamship Grilwennave, large growler 183° 7 miles 

 from Cape Pine ; steamship Dunbridge, growlers in 48° 29' from 47° 00' 

 to'49° 30'; several bergs and growlers north and south of track 5-6 

 blue; very large berg on track 5-6 blue in long. 49° 20' W.; steam- 



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