*tamnttnr,n,i^i V „. 
interval 
d Island, soundin 
bonk having* a 
r/cyn g> 
z V*/ ! J. 
ouna 
in developing 
was taken for 
a portion of the day,the re 
bank discovered yesterday,a 
port which was reached at llrOO.a.m 
vl* 'Iff 
(11) The cruise to the westward has 
am sorry not to be able tc describe 
collection ma.de by the memb( 
stood to be satisfactorily .1 
j !»/ t 
has been unique and ancliorii 
ho longer hclS 1 terrors for tl 
being spent 
K> O 
been a most interesting one, I 
the scientific 
it is under- . 
tne CAo.itions 
s of the expedition but 
rge and varied 
ine experience 
.t appears to be the open sea 1 
Summed up from the point of view 
reciaterthe cruise has resulted 
.Titer i 
the existence of one 
. Island five minutes 
m ciisi 
finding I. 
ovm, 
clanger, discover mg two new berths 
too far to the north in latitude 
yCu 
v ’l.f 'l''' ■■ •~vy^is‘.v : ; Id V.'vl’ :; 0 
depth of IS fathoms and approximately 23 miles wide having been pass¬ 
ed over in the meanwhile,835 of the island. Sounding at 25 mile inter- 
v ' f ■ ■ . ' . ; : 
he passage,Bird Island was reached at 8:50,p.m., 
vo.i s i or one re 
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h :fp 1 o'o pvh fm r* v> ;~>h o*A ppIpAfpgt 1 T\ Arjpvma *sp*r 'yV; r>V t l <* rnA? 4 A rjftTV 
ression in the shore line of the island 
(10) On the morning of tin 
<rv -I 
* ..■«,*% y-. 
instant 
the surf was too high to ad¬ 
mit landing scientific parties for shore collecting and the ship 
stood 8T off shore seeking favorable ground for dredging in about 
at horns, but ran across an entirely new bank about 13 miles 
7 ■*'<.* _ ‘ 
from Bird Island,having a least depth of 19 fathoms and extending 
further than time permitted an examination on that day. Landing on 
the island was still impracticable on the morning of the ?rd and a 
course was taken to the southward to dredge in about 500 fathoms for 
