of grayer coloring & with a big head and
short bill. Probably a Fulmar? It
came within 500 yds. wandering about in
an aimless way over the ocean.
  Lower atmosphere absolutely clear all day &
horizon line strongly marked. A space, gradually 
widening, of clear blue sky in the East with a
line, miles in length, of cumulus clouds lying
along on the horizon looking like so many
ice bergs rising out of the sea. The first that
appeared were mistaken for sails, ice bergs &
the smoke of a steamer by the passengers. At 
times they resembled a range of snow-clad
mountains. They were doubtless far beyond the
horizon & at a considerable height. I do not
remember anything of the kind before.
  A gorgeous sunset sky filled with gold, orange
& lake clouds, sea calm but undulating. A
few Mother Carys and many Shearwaters;
counted 8 of the latter in sight at once.
Nearly all P. [Puffinus] major a few stricklandi.
They & the Petrels follow surface so closely that
they keep disappearing & reappearing[.]
More motion to day but few passengers disabled.
Lat. 43 [degrees] 15 ' W.
Lon. 45 [degrees] 0' W.
Run 435 m.
June 16 [1891]
  A.M. Clear sky & dark blue sea with rather fresh
bracing N. W. wind this increasing and the
sea rising as the day wore on until, by evening,
the ship was rolling heavily. Sun set without color.
  Called at 5.30 by Steward to see ice berg. Passengers
rushing about in bare or slippered feet with shawls,
wrappers or overcoats put on hastily over night dresses.
The berg on port side about 2 m. off. It was
just 180 (measured) high (above water) by about 300 ft. long
& of this shape: [diagram] It was wholly pure
white, not glistening, even where the sun glanced
on its sides, but dead white as if crusted with
newly fallen snow from base to summit. It did
not roll on move perceptibly in any way. At
7.30 A.M. we passed a second ice berg. It was
[a] truncated cone shape and appeared to rise not
over 40 ft. above the water but it may have
been much higher as it was 10 or 15 m. off.
  Spent most of the day on deck.
A westward bound steamer passed south of us
within 2 miles and a bark steering S. still
further off. There were very few birds