Lat. 56-16. N.
Lon. 29--1. W.
At Sea. Run, 289 M.
1891.
Sept. 21.  
  Sun shining dimly through thin clouds. Wind W. by S. light
in early morning, strong in P.M. A heavy sea running, the ship
rolling and pitching a good deal but on the whole behaving well.

  At about noon Morrill called me out on deck to see a "Gull"
which proved to be a Fulmar. It looked very white as it skimmed
close over the sea rising and falling with the waves and much of
the time lost to sight in their hollows.

  Through the afternoon and evening the wind kept rising un-
til by 8 P.M. half a gale was blowing and a very high sea runn-
ing. At 8.30 the wind suddenly shifted to N.E. and torrents of
rain began falling, the sea quickly subsiding. Afterwards the
wind came dead ahead and we had a rough pitchy night.

  Four E. bound steamers passed to-day.