Liverpool to Boston in S.S. Ivania
1909
Oct 5-14
  Quoted sentences taken form official "log" of ship.
Oct. 6 [October 6, 1909] "From Liverpool Bar to Queenstown, 228 knots. Moderate south westerly
breeze to fresh gale and squally with rough sea". Immense numbers
of Gulls chiefly Little Black-heads, Mew and Herring with a sprinkling of Lesser
Black-backs, thousands upon thousands of Manx Shearwaters, scarcer of Gannets,
a few Puffins.
[Oct.] 7 [October 7, 1909] Noon obs. "Lat. 51.28 N Lon. 17.24 W. Run 348 knots. Moderate westerly
gale to fresh breeze with high to rough sea." Mr. Kidder reports
seeing a flock of about 20 Shearwaters of some kind & several "Mother
Cary's Chickens.["]  I saw only one bird, a Manx Shearwater - soon after breakfast. 
[Oct.] 8 [October 8, 1909]   Noon obs. "Lat. 50.56N. Lon. 26.07 W. Run 329 knots. Moderate to
fresh westerly gale and squally with rough to high head sea." No birds
of any kind reported. I saw two small schools of small Porpoises
sporting in the rough sea & throwing themselves high out of water.
[Oct.] 9 [October 9, 1909] Noon obs. "Lat 48.58N. Lon. 33.14 W. Run 278 knots. Strong
north westerly breeze to moderate gale with high head sea." Screws "rolling."
No birds, no porpoises, no vessels sighted.
[Oct.] 10. [October 10, 1909] Noon. obs. ["] Lat 48.27 N. Lon. 40.28 W. Run 298 knots. Fresh north-
westerly gale to strong breeze with high to rough confused sea." Only one
bird, a Fulmar which I saw at 8 A.M. following closely the undulating waves.
No other animal life.
[Oct.] 11 [October 11, 1909] Noon obs. "Lat. 46.14 N. Lon. 48.23 W. Run 348 knots. Fresh to moderate
westerly breeze with north-easterly swell." Bright sunshine & clear sky all day.
Crossing Grand Banks 11 A.M. to midnight. Birds disappointing. Saw less