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contact had seen no icebergs this season. The Pomone has been fish- 

 ing on the Grand Banks since April 1. The ship's surgeon gave 

 medical treatment to two of the fishermen, one of whom had a badly 

 infected thumb and the other a strained shoulder. Tha master pre- 

 sented us with enough fine codfish for all hands, and in return we 

 took his mail and gave him some cigarettes and fresh beef, for which 

 he was very grateful. These French fishermen are always very 

 courteous and hospitable and show great appreciation for any little 

 service which may be rendered them. While lying to, the fog shut 

 in thick. We recalled our boat and hoisted it, and then stood south 

 to latitude 46° 00' north, and 270° true to make contact with the 

 Tampa. About noon we sighted the steamer Rygja 5 or 6 miles south 

 of us bound west. She had seen no ice. The steamer Carrington 

 Head was sighted south of us at 1 p. m., and she had seen no ice. 



Special ice information was furnished the KelsinooVy and ice and 

 weather reports to the Ghnticorth and Marte. The w^eather until 

 3.30 p. m. was mostly cloudy and hazy with visibility from 6 to 7. 

 There were light SW. breezes. At 3.30 p. m. the fog shut in thick 

 and for the remainder of the afternoon and night there Avas fog and 

 rain and moderate breezes from the WSW. The barometer at 1 a. m. 

 was 29.92, at noon 29.96. and at midnight 29.72, 



On May 18 we continued on the course 270° true until 8 p. m., when 

 the course was changed to 280° true, to meet the Tampa on the 19th, 

 The thick fog which we had during the night and early morning 

 cleared away by 9 a. m., after which the sky was partly clear and the 

 horizon hazy. During the forenoon there were moderate to strong 

 W. breezes which gradually decreased to gentle NW. breezes at mid- 

 night. There was a moderate sea from the west. The barometer, 

 which was 29.71 at 1 a. m., gradually rose until it was 29.86 at mid- 

 night. Xo ice was reported. 



At noon on May 19 the Tampa was met in latitude 46° 00' north 

 longitude 55° 50' west. The observer and his assistant were trans- 

 ferred to the Tampa and the Modoc relieved of the patrol. We pro- 

 ceeded to Halifax for fuel and supplies. 



SUMMARY 



The two outstanding features of the second cruise of the Modoc 

 are the absence of ice and the unusually good weather. Although a 

 thorough and systematic search of the ice regions was made between 

 latitudes 43° 00' north and 49° 00' north, no ice was seen. Of the 

 many steam.ers crossing the ice zone in various latitudes only two 

 reported having seen ice. One report Avas of field ice and growlers 

 in 48° 42' north, 51° 12' west, and the other of a small berg in 

 46° 14' north, 50° 15' west. In each case a thorough search was 



