1891.
June 16
Atlantic Ocean.
Lat. 43 [degrees] 15' N. Long. 45 [degrees] 0' W. Run 431 miles.
A.M. Clear sky and dark blue sea with bracing
rather fresh N.W. wind this increasing and the 
sea rising as the day wore on until by evening
the ship was rolling heavily. A colorless sunset.
  The steward called us at 5.30 A.M. to see an
ice berg. It was on the port side about two
miles off and was wholly pure white not glistening,
even when the sun glanced on its sides, but
dead white and looking as if crusted with sugar
from base to summit. The officers measured it
with their instruments and reported that it
rose 180 feet out of water and was about 300 ft.
in length. The general shape was [drawing]
It did not roll more move perceptibly in any 
way. A second and apparently much small berg
which we passed two hours later was shaped
like a truncated cone. It did not appear to
rise more than 40 ft. above the sea but it
may have been higher for it was some ten
or fifteen miles off.  
  Spent most of the day on deck. A westward
bound steamer passed within two miles and
a bark steering S. was seen still further off.
Birds were decidedly scarce. I saw only four small
Petrels three of which appeared to be Oceanites oceanica.
The fourth looked scarce two thirds as large as
the others and had a different flight - very swift
and erratic. I took it be a Procellaria pelagica