66 HISTORY AND METHODS OF THE FISHERIES. 
Latitude at noon 42° 45’ N., longitude 68° 05’ W. At 3 p. m. there was a light southwest breeze. 
We saw a fisherman bound to the westward. It began to snow in the evening. 
Monday, February 18, 1878.—The snow fell thick during the past night. The wind, however, 
continued moderate, but veered around until at 8 a. m. it was NNE. The weather began to clear 
at this time. Barometer 29.65. The wind steadily increased during the day until it blew heavy 
in the afternoon. At 10 a. m. the main-staysail sheet parted and we hauled the sail down and did 
not set it again. At 2.30 p. m. we clewed up the gaff-topsail. At 4p. m. double-reefed mainsail 
and took the bonnet out of the jib, and at 5 o’clock we double-reefed the foresail. We saw a 
vessel at anchor at 4.30 p.m. The air grew cold in the afternoon, and the sky had a wild wintry 
look. At 7 p.m. it blew a strong gale and there was a very sharp sea running. We took the 
mainsail in, and furled it, and let the vessel run under her reefed foresail and jib. At 8p. m. 
shipped a sea which stove one of the dories. 
Tuesday, February 19, 1878.—At 1 o’clock a. m. we took in the jib and furled it, and ran under 
a double-reefed foresail. It was blowing a smart gale at this time. The cold had increased and 
the vessel was making considerable ice. At 8 a.m. the wind had moderated, but still the tem- 
perature was lower than it had been during the night. I think it was colder than I have seen it 
before this winter. We set the jib and riding-sail at 8.30a.m. At 2.30 p. m. the wind and sea 
had decreased very considerably, though it still blew hard and was so cold that where any spray 
struck it froze. We began beating the ice off the foresail at this time, and at 3 o’clock we shook 
the reef out. After we got the foresail up, we pounded some of the ice off the rigging, sails, &c. 
At 9 p. m. we set the mainsail, shot to, and sounded in 56 fathoms on the Western Bank. 
Wednesday, February 20, 1878.—This morning there was a fine northerly breeze. We began 
to beat off the ice at daylight, and at 8 a. m. set the light sails. Our latitude at noon was 42° 13/ 
N., longitude 60° 14’ W. Longitude, by observation at 4 p. m., 59° 34’ W. The wind in the 
afternoon and evening backed to NW. and, toward midnight, was light and puffy. 
Thursday, February 21, 1878.—There was a light WSW. breeze during the first half of this 
day, and the air was much warmer than it had been, so that the ice began to melt and fall off the 
rigging and rails. The wind kept backing gradually until at 6 p. m. it was south. It began to 
snow soon after noon and was quite thick all the rest of the day. We took in the gaff-topsail and 
furled it atSp.m, The wind still continued to back against the sun, until 11 p. m. when it was 
NNE., fresh and puffy. 
Friday, February 22, 1878.—The wind in the first of the morning backed to north and blew 
up heavy. We took in the mainsail and furled it at 4, and reefed the foresail at5a.m. At 8.30 
a.m it blew a strong gale. We took in the jib and furled it and hove to. The barometer at this 
tire was on 30.15, which is higher than I ever saw it before when it blew a gale like this. At 3.30 
p. m. the gale moderated some and veered to NNE. We loosed the jib and set it, and bent the 
riding-sail, so that we could keep on our course. The barometer at this time had risen to 30.40. 
The wind blew very heavy, and there was a bad sea, in the latter part of this p. m. 
Saturday, February 23, 1878.—At 6 a. m. it was still blowing a strong breeze, though consider- 
ably less than during last night. The Marion behaved splendidly under her short sail, and made 
an average of 4 knots, which is very good in such a gale, considering that we had to keep close to 
the wind. At noon we shook the reef out of the foresail. At 3 p.m. we came to anchor in 100 fath- 
omg on the western edge of the Grand Bank. It was rough, and still blowing strong, and the 
weather was hazy and drizzly when we anchored. We repaired the dory which was stove on the 
passage. I noticed that we came into white water 25 or 30 miles westward of the Bank, which is 
