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of fof;: over the Grand Banks makes effort ive scouting for icel)ergs 

 almost impossible. 



May 8: Gentle wind. Jianling from SSE. around lo NW. diii-ing 

 the day; thick fog until 8 p. m. At 7.10 a. m. weighed anchor and 

 stood to the northward at reduced speed along the Cape Race radial 

 of oceanograi)liic stations, the thick fog making scouting for ice im- 

 practicable. The follo%\'ing stations were occupied: Stations 299, 

 300. and 301. Fulmars, dovekies, murres, and one stormy petrel were 

 seen. A faint display of the aurora borealis was observed from 8 p. m. 

 until 11 p. m. 



Special ice information was furnished the steamships Thurhan, 

 Cassandra, Cedric, and Tuscania. As many steamships are now ask- 

 ing for ice conditions and routing instructions for the St. La^\Tence 

 River, the patrol endeavors to keep posted on these mattei's from all 

 available sources and furnishes them with the latest information 

 obtainable. 



May 9: Gentle wmd. from WNW. to NW.. failing to light NE. 

 wind at the end of the day; fog throughout the day. Barometer 

 rising slowly. Oceanographic stations 303, 304, and 305 were 

 occupied. In the gully south of Cape Race a marked set of current 

 to the Westward was experienced. After completing observations at 

 station 305, course was set for the eastern edge of the Banks, lat. 

 45° 30', to investigate ice conditions in the Labrador Current and 

 along that parallel and to the soutliward. Man}- murres and 

 dovekies were sighted. 



Special ice information was given to the steamships BotJiweU, liecca, 

 Stf. Jehanne, Andania, Montcalm, Canada, BalJiigallif Head, and 

 Rathland Head. The Montcalm and Canada were warned that their 

 respective courses were carrjdng them into danger. 



May 10: Moderate to fresh variable winds, between XE. and NW. ; 

 overcast and cloudy; fair to good visibility. The fog lifted shortly 

 .after daybreak and was followed by light, drizzling rain. During the 

 day scouted to the southward along the eastern edge of the Grand 

 Banks, and at 5.15 p. m. passed a large, table-topped berg, with many 

 blue diagonal veins, grounded in 65 fathoms, in lat. 43° 55', long. 49° 

 03'. Fulmars, mun-es, jaegers, dovekies, and petrel were plentiful, 

 and a large school of whales was seen near the berg. At 6 p. m. 

 dense fog closed in and continued imtil the end of the day. At 6.55 

 p. m. anchored in lat. 44° 00', long. 49° 17'. From 8.25 p. m. until 

 11p.m. a steamer, apparently a trawler, identity unknown, cruised 

 about in the vacinity of our anchorage. 



Special ice information was furnished the stejanships Ordiina, 



Waiinaie, and Metagama. The Metagama was warned that her course 



was taking her near the berg we had sighted in the afternoon. The 



following interesting and instructive report, dated May 10, was re- 



