Ther. [Thermometer] Thurs. [Thursday] June 29, 1911 Wea. [Weather]
Fair
Run 418 miles
Cloudy with occasional brief bursts of pale
sunshine. Light N.W. [northwest] wind & smooth sea.
No trace of fog. Much cooler & too chilly to
be comfortable on deck. Soon after breakfast
I saw four birds about a mile off wheeling
low over the ocean. They looked like Greater
Shearwaters, At 3 P.M. I had a good view of
a Greater Shearwater & a Fulmar flying past
within 1/8 mile & keeping one another close
company. Manner of flight closely similar.
The Fulmars looked almost pure white,
the Shearwater brown above white beneath.
A Swallow which, from descriptions, I think
must have been a House Martin came aboard
about noon & was seen by several passengers.
We had a superb sunset & afterglow with strange
cloud effects up to 10.30 P.M.
  Spent most of day & evening in smoking room
talking. Interesting & amusing sports on deck
in P.M. and a gay & beautiful ball there
in evening with ladies superbly dressed.

North Atlantic off Ireland.
Ther. [Thermometer] Fri. [Friday] June 30, 1911 Wea. [Weather]
Fair
Run 416 miles
Cloudy with occasional glympses of sun.
Air clear & horizon sharply defined. Cool.
Smooth sea & perfectly steady ship.
  A half dozen or more of Fulmars
following the wake of the "Laurentia"
when I came on deck at 8.30 A.M. They
increased in numbers through day until at
5.30 there were 12 or 15 of them. When I
came up at 7 P.M., after dining, I was
surprised to find that all the Fulmars had
disappeared & that about an equal number of
Lesser Black-heads had replaced them.
About this time I saw a Gannet far off.
  At 8.30 A.M. two Murres came flying in
company past the ship within 20 yards of &
on a level with the bulwarks. Just as they
got to where I stood they turned off & alighted
about 600 yards away settling on water very
quietly & gracefully with wide-spread tails.
Saw, also, 5 Greater Shearwaters in forenoon.
Spent most of day in smoke room talking.
Sat there until past midnight when the
N.W. [northwest] sky was still bright with daylight.