Lat. 49. 22 N.
Lon. 34. 59 W.
Run 243 M.
Sept. 22. A wild day with violent
squalls and alternating cloud & sunshine,
the sea very rough the ship rolling and
pitching heavily at times but on the
whole behaving remarkably well.
  At about noon, and hence in nearly
the latitude & longitude given above, I
saw a small black Petrel probably
Oceanites oceanica, and two larger 
birds, either Puffinus major or Fulmarus,
the latter a mile or more off.
  Nyman also saw some other birds,
one of which he thinks was a 
"Mother Carry". No fish were reported
and no steamers seen.
  At the height of one of the squalls
the crests were blown off the waves
and the sun tinged each wreath
of spray with prismatic colors
producing a beautiful effect the ocean
as far as the eye could reach
being studded with fragments of
rainbows.
Lat. 47.58 N.
Lon. 40.31 W.
Run 237 M.
  Sept. 23. Most of day cloudy, the sun
shining a little in the forenoon. Wind
and sea steadily declining through the
day until by 8 P.M. the steamer
was almost perfectly steady.
  The monotony of the day at sea
was somewhat broken by the appearance
of sev[e]ral steamers. First came the "Etrucea"
sighted far astern at 9 A.M., passing us
about 10.30, lost to sign in the distance
by 12 noon. In the afternoon two eastward
bound steamers passed on the port side
within a mile or two, on a cattle steamer, 
the other a White Star.
  Early in the afternoon a few Mother Carys
and many Fulmars appeared and
remained about us until dark. Of the
Fulmars I saw fully 20. They skimmed
about like Shearwaters and also followed
our wake a little crossing & recrossing it
by short tacks. The head & under parts
look white, the back & wings ashy gray.
No Puffini yet since Queenstown.