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April 9 began witli the vessel drifting. During the day the wind 

 hauled from "VV. through N., E., and S., to SW., with clear weather and 

 excellent visibility until dark. By midnight it was moderate SW., 

 with mist and passing rain squalls. Smooth sea. Searched the area 

 of numerous recent bergs betwe<?n the 44th iind 45th parallels and the 

 43d and 47th meridians. No ice was found. Occupied station No. 

 248, lat. 44° 16', long. 45° 20', and station No. 249, lat. 44° 08', 

 long. 46° 30'. Water samples and temperatures were taken at each 

 station at depths of 0, 50, 125, 250, 450, and 750 meters. Stopped at 

 8.20 p. m.. in lat. 43° 55', long. 46° 55', and drifted for the remainder 

 of the night. Dovekies, fulmars, and Sabine gulls were seen during 

 the day, and a land bird that flew on board proved to be a horned 

 lark. Phosphorescent water at night indicated that the vessel was 

 still in the Gulf Stream. Special ice information was given the 

 steamships Newtonhall, Lord Downshire, and Liljevalch. 



April 10 began with the vessel drifting. Foggy, with moderate SW. 

 winds. AVorked to the westward, near the 44th parallel, and occupied 

 station Xo. 250, lat. 44° 05', long. 47° 30', and station No. 251, lat. 

 44° 05', long. 48° 13'. Samples of sea water and temperatures at 

 various depths down to 750 meters were taken at each station. 

 Stopped for the night at station No. 251. Special ice information was 

 furnished the steamship Canada. 



April 1 1 began with the vessel drifting. Fresh to moderate winds 

 from X. and fairly clear weather, with good visibility, after daybreak. 

 Vessel continued search for ice. At 21.35 G. M. T. we passed a berg 

 in lat. 44° 07', long. 47° 43', a second one at 22.25 G. M. T., in lat. 

 44° 10', long. 48° 00', and a third one at 4 G. M. T., in lat. 43° 47', 

 long. 48° 50'; also a patch of field ice in lat. 43° 47', long. 48° 40'. 

 The first berg was approximately 250 feet by 200 feet by 50 feet high; 

 the second was pyramidal in shape, 150 feet by 100 feet by 80 feet 

 high, and the third was a twin berg, two peaks joined under water, the 

 highest being 163 feet, measured by sextant angle, its other dimen- 

 sions being about 300 feet by 250 feet. Occupied station Xo. 252, in 

 lat. 44° 00', long. 48° 54'. While occupying this station, a French 

 sailing A^essel near by requested her longitude, which was given her 

 by International Code signal. Fulmars, dovekies, and one whale were 

 observed. The following message was received from the Wireless 

 Officer. Halifax: "Please discontinue transmitting ice report to 

 Halifax wireless officer, as arrangements have been made to intercept 

 report by our D. F. stations." Special ice information was given the 

 steamship Texas Maru and information and routing advice to Louis- 

 burg, Cape Breton Island, was given to the steamship YUdum.. 

 Stopped at dark, in lat. 43° 13', long. 47° 57', and drifted for the 

 night. 



