At Sea. Lat. [Latitude] 49.58 N. [north] Lon [Longitude] 33.14 W. [west]
Run 278 m. [miles]
Ther. [Thermometer] Sat [Saturday] Oct.  9, 1909 [October 9, 1909] Wea. [Weather]
Stormy.
  Cloudy & cold. Wind N.W. [Northwest] blowing
hard through day & increasing to a gale
about 10 P.M. When I went to bed at 
midnight the screws came out & "raced"
at frequent intervals & the plates creaked
& squeaked in the hull but the ship
was very steady for so rough a sea
although she pitched & rafted a good deal.
Serious trouble with my live reptiles.
One of the Snakes was found by a
steward in the passage way near Purser's
office just before breakfast & another
near my door just after breakfast. Later
I found 2 more under my bath where
they hissed & made a harsh breathing sound
All were caught & the bags taken to the 
casks room. All the Stewards scared &
mad with me. Purser indignant.
 Spent day in smoking rooms. No
birds, no vessels nor porpoises

At Sea. Lat. [Latitude] 48.27 N. [north] Lon [Longitude] 40.28 W. [west]
Run 298 miles.
Ther. [Thermometer] Sun. [Sunday] Oct. 10, 1909 [October 10, 1909] Wea. [Weather]
Fair
  Cloudy & cold with N.W. [northwest] wind, strong
in A.M., moderating in P.M. Ship
moving quite steadily, through evening.
Saw a Fulmar flying past to windward
at 8 A.M. I [It] skimmed low over the
water alternately flapping & gliding
& rising & falling with the deep 
undulations of the big waves.
At 6 P.M. a steamer bound eastward
passed us to the north about 6 m. [miles] off.
No porpoises & no other birds than
the one Fulmar. Miss Allyn at
table with me. About 60 passengers
at dinner. Spent most of day
in smoking room.
  Distant waves, humping up against the
horizon line, look like hillocks suddenly
rising & subsiding. The sea is very barren
& desolate in this quarter at this season