At sea Lat [Latitude] 46.14 N. [North] Lon [Longitude] 48.23 W. [West]
Run 348 m.
Ther. [Thermometer] MON. [Monday] OCT. 11, 1909 [October 11, 1909] Wea. [Weather]
Fine
Early morning foggy. Rest of day clear & 
warm with light S.W. [Southwest] breeze & calm sea.
Most of day spent on the Grand Banks
which we reached before noon and did
not clear until after day. The sea slightly
ruffled by this light breeze & heaving in long
ridge-like swells, looked very pleasant in 
the bright sunlight. I had expected to see
lots of fishing vessels but only one, a 
Gloucester schooner with sails set, was passed.
The birds were equally disappointing. I 
saw less than a dozen of which 2 were
Fulmars, 2 small Gulls which I took
to be Kittiwakes & all the others Greater
Shearwaters. 2 large Whales & a few
Black Fish were seen spouting. The
Whales sent their jets fully 15 ft. into air.
Spent much of day on deck, & the rest
in smoking room. Sat out with C. [Caroline Brewster] for 
half an hour after dark.

At sea. 43.57 N. [North] 56.37 W. [West]
Run 375 m.
Ther. [Thermometer] TUES. [Tuesday] OCT. 12, 1909 [October 12, 1909] Wea. [Weather]
Fine
Foggy early, afterwards sunny but hazy with
warm S. [South] wind & calm, gently heaving sea.
Spent forenoon in smoking room. Passengers
on deck reported no birds seen. When I came
up after luncheon (about 2 P.M.) Greater
Shearwaters were in sight in every direction, far &
near, all on wing. I saw fully 50 in the next
20 minutes. Also 4 or 5 Fulmars, about 25
Mother Careys' Chickens (Species ?) 1 Kittiwake,
and 3 small birds in water within 30 yards
which I took to be Phalaropes until all them
dove almost at once & did not reappear! Do
Phalaropes ever dive? Later. These birds were
doubtless Little Auks which we saw by 
hundreds from 4 to 6 P.M usually in pairs 
or singly, sometimes in flocks of 6 to 8, sitting on
the water. Saw also some unmistakeable
Phalaropes (a flock of 40 or 50 on wing)
about 50 Greater Shearwaters, 50 Fulmars &
1 Sooty Shearwater. No Gulls except the one
Kittiwake & what looked like a Great Skua.
[margin]Mother Carey's Chickens almost constantly in sight.[/margin]