At Sea, Noon ob. [observation] Lat. [Latitude] 49.05 Lon [Longitude] 24.44
Run 386 miles
Ther. [Thermometer] Mon. [Monday] Aug. 2, 1909 [August 2, 1909] Wea. [Weather]
Sunny
Sunny but the sky partly veiled
with thin vapor-like clouds.
  Sea pale steel gray with white
capped waves a yard so in 
hight [height] (hollow to crest) but without
noticeable long swells. Light white
& glaring. Fresh S. [South] wind. Warm.
Spent forenoon in smoking room
writing journal. Two whales &
some Porpoises seen by people
on deck. I was outside part
of afternoon. At 3.30 saw a flock
of 9 Parasitic Skuas flying in circles
about 300 yards to N. [North] of ship.
  From 4 to 6 P.M. the large
Petrels seen yesterday were again almost
constantly in sight but singly. In all I
noted about 100. I saw also a small
Shearwater probably Puffinus anglorum?
A tramp steamer bound W. [West] passed about
10 miles off this forenoon. It is only the
second vessel of any kind sighted thus far.

At Sea, Noon ob. [observation] Lat. [Latitude] 50.45 N. [Longitude] 15.18 W
Run 377 miles
Ther. [Thermometer] Tues.. [Tuesday] Aug. 3, 1909 [August 3, 1909] Wea. [Weather]
Sunny
Weather wind & sea almost
exactly the same as yesterday. Air
a trifle cooler. Very pretty sunset.
  Spent most of day in smoking 
room writing letters & journal.
About 10.30 then Fulmars appeared
over our wake following the ship
like Gulls. In mid afternoon they 
were replaced by two real Gulls -
Kittiwakes. They were with us for
an hour or more. Later a Puffinus
of some kind, probably P. anglorum [Puffinus anglorum],
crossed the wake on wing & alighted.
At sunset I saw a very large bird,
perhaps a Gannet, soaring in circles
high up at the rosy light & a mile away.
An Essex farmer, Mr. Meeson, gave me
his card with an invitation to pay him
a visit of a few days. He & his two brothers
cultivate 5000 acres!