1894.
Feb. 22
(No 2)
Arrive at St. Thomas.
  The first land St. Thomas was sighted about
three o'clock and an hour later mountainous
islands loomed ahead and to the right and left
- Porto Rico, St. Thomas and the Virgin Islands.
We reached our anchorage in the harbor at
St. Thomas at about eight o'clock. It is now
eleven. The night is delightfully cool, yet wholly
without chill, and the strong trade wind sweeps
steadily overhead and ruffles the water about
the ship. A Russian training ship lies at
anchor near us. The moon has just risen over
the mountains to the eastward. We are too
far from shore to hear any of the night sounds
of the land.
  During the forenoon I saw only one bird, a
large brown sea-bird which I did not recognize
but which I now believe to have been a Booby Gannett.
Soon after land was first sighted and about
thirty miles to the northward of St. Thomas the
sea over a large area was literally alive with
Puffini (P. audoboni) sitting on the water and
skimming about singly and in flocks of from
ten to twenty. They behaved and looked very
like P. major. There were also a few Booby (?)
Gannets. The latter flew close to the water
and more in the manner of Puffini than like
Sula bassana. Flying Fish were very numerous
but they were nearly all of small size and 
many of them did not seem to exceed an inch
in length,