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and advised to proceed to 41° 30' track; Montclaire, east bound, 

 lat. 42° 23', long. 53° 18', informed of bergs and advised to take 

 40° 30' track. Special ice information was sent to the following 

 steamships: Maiden Creek, Morristovm, Bayano, Westwego, Ala, 

 Zeeland, and an imlisted vessel whose radio call letters were SMH. 

 A weather report was sent to the steamship Alabama. 



March 26 began with the vessel lying to. Moderate WNW. gale, 

 rough sea, moderating to strong breeze at 9 a. m. and fresh NW. to 

 W. breeze after noon; mostly cloudy. At 6.23 a. m., under way to 

 scout northern side of steamer lane to eastward and to trace the 

 boundary of the Gulf Stream to the northward and eastward by 

 means of sea-water temperatures. At 11 a. m., observed a berg 

 bearing 68°, true, and stood toward it. At 11.45 a. m. stopped to 

 windward of berg, lat. 44° 25', long. 45° 20', and drifted for the 

 remainder of the day. The berg was rather large, and apparently 

 the one reported by the Sagittaire in lat. 44° 00', long. 45° 40', on 

 the 23d, having drifted 30°, true, for 30 miles, or at the rate of 0.41 

 mile per hour. A number of kittiwakes accompanied the vessel 

 throughout the day. Special weather reports were given the steam- 

 ships Caucasier and Alabama. 



March 27 began with the vessel drifting. Fresh to strong breeze, 

 SW. to NW., increasing to NW. gale at S a. m. and so continuing 

 until close; mostly cloudy; very rough sea. At 5.30 a. m. under way 

 and stood back toward berg, and en route examined a growler which 

 had broken off from it. At 6.45 a. m. stopped 1 mile to windward 

 of berg and drifted until 3.25 p. m.., when we stood back to the berg, 

 which at noon was in lat. 44° 33', long. 44° 44', having drifted 70°, 

 true, at rate of 1 knot per hour during the last 24 hours. The strong 

 gale and heavy seas capsized the berg and it was rapidly disintegrating 

 under the influence of the warm water, the sea-water temperatures 

 indicating that it was in the Gulf Stream the latter half of the day. 

 At 6 p. m. secured and lay to for the night near the berg. From 

 10.40 p. m. to 11 p. m., under way to avoid growler toward which 

 the vessel had drifted. Special ice information was sent to the steam- 

 ship West Hadday. 



March 28 began with vessel drifting. Fresh NW. gale throughout 

 forenoon, falling in middle of the afternoon to fresh to gentle breezes 

 NW. to W. Mostly cloud}'. At 7.35 a. m. under way to pick up 

 yesterday's berg. At 10 a. m. raised a second berg, bearing 223°, 

 true. At 10.40 a. m. alongside yesterday's berg, which was now in 

 lat. 44° 52', long. 43° 55', having drifted 60°, true, 1.8 miles per 

 hour since yesterday noon. This berg was greatly reduced in size 

 and wasting rapidly under the action of the high waves and the warm 

 water, the temperature of the water being 56° F. Stood for second 

 berg and at 12.10 p. m. arrived alongside of it and took photographs. 



