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while the berg would disappear altogether. The same effect was 

 observed when Stinking Island Light was passed at 3.30 p. m. 

 We continued to the north until 5 p. m. when we stopped and occu- 

 pied oceanographic station No. 473, about 17 miles south of Funk 

 Island. Nets were also towed and samples of marine life obtained. 

 At 6.10 p. m. went ahead on course 90° true and continued cruising 

 until 9.10 p. m. when we stopped and drifted for the night. At 

 6.15 p. m. a small growler was passed. "While drifting for the night 

 a vertical haul was made with plankton net and specimens of small 

 sea life obtained. The birds seen this day were chiefly fulmars, 

 murro, and a few Leach's petrel. The winds to-day varied from 

 W. to NE. with light to gentle breezes, the sky was mostly over- 

 cast, with fog after 6 p. m. ; the sea smooth with a long NE. swell. 

 The barometer was 29.75 at 1 a. m. and 29.90 at midnight. 



Special ice information was furnished the Cavendish and Levia- 

 than. 



Throughout the 8th the weather was overcast and cloudy with 

 intermittent fog and rain. The wind varied from light to moderate 

 ENE. to SE. breezes shifting at 5 p. m. to light SSW. airs. There 

 was a moderate sea and NE. swell. At 1 a. m. the barometer was 

 29.79, at 8 p. m. 29.46, and at midnight 29.48 and rising slowly. At 

 4 a. m. went ahead for probable position of berg last seen on June 

 6 in 48° 09', 51° 14'. At 8 p. m. we arrived at the probable position 

 but on account of thick weather made no further search for it and 

 stopped and drifted for the night. While under way we passed 

 numerous fulmars, murres, Leach's petrel, and Bonaparte's gulls, 

 and at night, while drifting, birds were heard about the ship. 



Special ice information was furnished the King David and 

 Galiymore. 



At 4 a. m. June 9 went ahead and began rectangular search for 

 berg. At 4.50 it was sighted and at 5.50 we stopped and drifted 

 near it. For the remainder of the day we drifted, except as it became 

 necessary to steam up to berg to keep in close touch with it. This is 

 the same berg located by the Tampa on June 2 and by the Modoc 

 on the 5th and 6th. The track of this berg has been about south true 

 with a gradual curve toward the westward as its latitude is decreased. 

 Observations show that from June 6 to 9 it has drifted 193° true 

 at the rate of 0.035 knot an hour. It is probable that the berg will 

 drift toward Cape Race and ground on the Newfoundland shore 

 or on the banks to the south. It should never become a menace to 

 vessels using the prescribed tracks and by July 1 wiU in all prob- 

 ability have disintegrated. By use of range finder and sextant angles 

 it was determined that the height of the berg is 95 feet and its length 

 at the water line 200 feet. 



