Lat. 51.16
Lon. 21.31
Run. 296 m.
Sunday
Sept. 20 Forenoon sunny and pleasant
with moder [moderate] N. [north] wind. P.M. cloudy
the wind hauling to W. [west] by S. [south] and
increasing to a strong breeze which
soon raised a [?] sea. Evening
rainy.
  Spent most of the day in the
smoking room talking and writing
a little. There were no services
but there was some playing & singing
in the saloon and in the evening
some excellent singing by the emigrants
on the lower deck led by a professional
tenor, one of the Christy ministrels it
is said.
  We passed two steamers, one late in
the afternoon bound W. [west], the other in
the early evening bound E. [east] Signalled
the latter with Roman candles.
No birds, whales, porposes nor other
animals seen to-day by anyone
so far as I could learn.
Lat. 50 degrees 16" N
Lon. 29 degrees 1" W
Run. 289 m.
Sept. 21. Sun shining dimly through
thin clouds. Wind W. by S. light in
early morning, strong in P.M. A heavy
sea running, the ship rolling and
pitching a good deal but on the
whole behaving well.
  At about 12 noon Merrill called
me out on deck to be a "Gull"
which proved to be a Fulmar.
It looked very white as it
skimmed close over the sea
rising & falling with the waves &
much of the time lost to sight in
their hollows.
   Through the afternoon and evening
the wind and sea kept rising until
by 8 P.M. half a gale was blowing &
a very high sea running. At 8.30
the wind suddenly shifted to N. E.
and torrents of rain began falling the
sea quickly subsiding. Afterwards
the wind came dead ahead &
we had a rough pitching night
Four E. bound steamers passed to-day