North Atlantic.
Voyage from Liverpool to Boston.- In the Gulf Stream.
1911.
Aug. 6
[August 6, 1911]  Noon obs. [observation] Lat. [latitude] 43.44; lon. [longitude] 42.45. Fine weather with almost unbroken
sunshine, light N.W. [Northwest] wind and smooth sea.

Gulf Stream waters.
Gulf-weed.
Flying Fish
Petrels

  Yesterday we were inclined to think that we might be in the Gulf Stream.
To-day there was no question of it. The water was rich blue in certain
lights, fragments and occasional large rafts of the orange-brown gulf weed
were constantly drifting past and Flying Fish were positively abundant
while petrels of three or four kinds were frequently in sight.

Flying Fish

  A young girl (Miss Peradise of West Medford, Mass.) assured me at lunch that from her post of observation
in the bows of the steamer she had seen at least 200 Flying Fish
shortly before. I was there or elsewhere on deck, often in company
with the Allen's, during almost the entire afternoon, when I saw
at least 30 Flying Fish some scarce larger than Minnows, others
apparently at least five or six inches in length. As a rule the smaller
ones flew only a few yards or perhaps feet at a time but some of
the larger ones distances as great as fifty or sixty yards
skimming along very swiftly just above the crests  of the low