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April 12 began with the vessel drifting. Weather mild and pleasant, 

 with gentle NE. to SE. wind; clear, with excellent visibility and 

 smooth sea. Ice could be picked up at an unusual distance. vSearched 

 from the 48th to o2d meridians to the north and south of the 43d 

 parallel. At 23.15 G. M» T. (11th) a large berg was sighted in lat. 

 42° 40', long. 49° 55'. Another large berg was sighted at 5.20 

 G. M. T., in lat. 42° 56', long. 50° 17', and a third one at 7.30 G. M. T.. 

 in lat. 42° 52', long. 50° 46'. The second berg was grounded ftn the 

 Tail of the Bank and had been reported several times. The third 

 berg was estimated to be 300 feet long by 75 feet high and was 

 reported on the 8th by the steamship Canadian Mariner, in lat. 42° 

 42', long. 50° 28'. Occupied station No. 253, on the southwestern 

 radial of oceanographic stations, in lat. 42° 30', long. 51° 46', after 

 which we stood down along the radial for station No. 254. The 

 folknving message was received from Halifax: ''Disregard our mes- 

 sage of yesterday and in future please send daily ice report addressed 

 Agent of Marine, Halifax." In accordance with this message, daily 

 reports to Halifax were resumed this date. Special ice information 

 was sent to the steamship West Caddoa. Many murres, fulmars, and 

 dovekies, and one whale were observed during the day. 



April 13: Moderate to light SW. and W. winds, with dense fog 

 over the colder water. During the midwatch of this day lightning 

 flashes were seen to the southward. A bird resembling a jaeger and a 

 species of grebe were observed, also jellyiish and several dead fish 

 about 3 inches long. The following oceanographic stations were 

 occupied, Station No. 254, station No. 255, and station No. 256. 

 After completing the work at the last-named station, the vessel 

 drifted for the night. It is deemed worthy of note here that the bergs 

 observed and reported on the western edge of the Gulf Stream, 

 between the 43d and 45th parallels, during the preceding patrol of 

 the Tawpa. are drifting to the eastward and slowly melting in the 

 warm water, one having been reported on the 6th as far east as long. 

 39° 42' in lat. 43° 05', and the area of their original observation has 

 been left clear of ice, whereas all newly discovered bergs have been 

 in the Labrador Current, drifting slowly in the cold water that sets to 

 the southward along the eastern edge and then westerly around the 

 Tail (»f the Bank. This seems to indicate that the influences at work 

 earlier in the season, which set the bergs off to the eastward into the 

 Gulf Stream before they had reached the latitude of the Tail of the 

 Bank, no longer prevail. Special ice information was furnished the 

 steamships Cabotia and Hastings Count}/. 



April 14 began ^\nth the vessel drifting. During the midwatch 

 the wind shifted suddenly to NW., accompanied by hail and heavy 

 snow, with thunder antl lightning to the southward, and continued 

 from fresh to strong NW. and X. during the day. \\'ith cloudy weather 



