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On Board the Steamship "Kensington"
1897.
July 2.
 Latitude, 40 10 N.
 Longitude, 61 30 W.
 Run - - - - -337 miles
  Sky covered with a thin veil of clouds through which the
sun shone dimly and, for brief intervals, brightly. Wind
light from the N. to N.E., very warm or rather sultry. Short-
ly after sunset two thunder showers passed to the N. After
this the air was cooler and the sea became rougher.
  We were in the Gulf Stream all day. The water was very
blue and I saw one flying fish and many small fragments of the
brownish orange Gulf weed. Wilson's Petrels were less numer-
our than yesterday but fully 100 followed us from morning to 
night. One of the passengers reported seeing a "small pure
white bird" floating on the water. I saw nothing but the Pet-
rels.