North Atlantic
Petrels & Flying Fish numerous
Ther. [Thermometer] SUN. [Sunday] AUG. 6, 1911 [August 6, 1911] Wea. [Weather]
Lat [Latitude] 43.44; Lon. [Longitude] 42.45. Run 375 Fine
Sunny but hazy. Light N.W. [northwest] wind &
smooth sea. Rather cool.
All day long we were in obvious, indeed
almost typical, Gulf Stream waters deep
rich blue blue in color, bearing great quantities
of orange brown gulf weed, alive with 
Flying Fish and frequented by many birds.
I was on deck with the Allens most of 
P.M. and part of it in the bows of the ship.
Some of the passengers stationed there
in forenoon claim to have seen 200 or
more Flying Fish. I saw at least 30 in
P.M. They varied in size considerably. Some
flew 50 or 60 yds. For two hours or more
(4-7 P.M.) Mother Cary's Chickens were
frequently in sight. I must have seen
50 or 60 in all. Three looked like Wilson's
Petrels. All the others looked to me about
1/3 smaller & their flight seemed much
swifter & more erratic. I feel nearly
sure they were P. pelagica [Procellaria pelagica] but Allen does
not agree to this. We saw also 4 or 5.
large white bellied Petrels which Allen
thinks were Puffinus auduboni. Also a
[margin]solitary Greater Shearwater. We had a fine sunset with impressive clouds[/margin]

North Atlantic
Ther. [Thermometer] MON. [Monday] AUG. 7, 1911 [August 7, 1911] Wea. [Weather]
Lat [Latitude] 42.03; lon. [longitude] 51.10 Run 400 m. Fine
Clear & very warm with light easterly
winds & smooth sea. Night soft & warm
with nearly full moon. Superb sunset
On deck at prow at 8 a.m. Quickly saw
a Mother Cary's & then an Arctic Puffin
 juv. [juvenile] which flew past within 30 yds. & then
alighted seventy yards off. At 3 P.M. Allen
& I went to prow & spent an hour there
seeing about 15 Mother Cary's, 3 of which
I called O. oceanica [Oceanites oceanica] & the others P. pelagica [Procellaria pelagica]
Allen admitted that there seemed to be
2 distinct species represented. Later 
in the afternoon he saw 4 Flying Fish.
We each saw a Portuguese Man O' War
sailing in the water. About 5.30 P.M.
an immense school of peculiar reddish
bellied Porpoises came close about
the ship. They were spread over
an area of about a square mile
& the consensus of opinion among those
who saw them best was that there
was somewhere between 100 & 200 in all.
I saw about 50 as I looked out
on one side only. I spent the hour
just before midnight on hurricane deck
There was a full moon & balmy air