1891
June 13
Sandy Hook to 200 M. E.
  Clear and warm. Wind S. W. light,
falling to dead calm at sunset.
  Sailed from N. Y. at 10 A. M. with C. F. B. [Caroline Brewster]
& E. R. S. [Elizabeth Simmons] in str. Etruria. A few Petrels
(Oceanites oceanica [oceanicus]) seen off Sandy Hook
bar but non further than 20 miles
out. No Gulls, Shearwaters of Phalaropes
during the day. In P.M. four large
fish passed the steamer within 100 yds.
swimming lazily with dorsal fins out.
Two had two dorsal fins each the
other two but one. One of the former
was, I think, a large shark. The
other two may have been sword fish.
Sunset dead calm water broken only
by slight irregular undulations its
surface opalescent & tinted with
gold & crimson looking westward,
eastward soft French gray with
dull rose & violet tints.
  Passed two inbound & two outbound
steamers, one the A[?]. Almost no
motion & no one seasick.