steadily from the southwest ever since we left New York, 
first died away and then sprang up from the south-east and 
has since blown steadily — a soft, damp wind. 
Some of the passengers fished for Sargossa weed 
with a cluster of hooks and brought up masses alive with 
the most exquisite Polyps of several very different types. 
There was a small also. 
The only vessel seen to-day was a hermaphrodyte 
brig steering south and six or eight miles away. 
