1894 
April 20 
When I came on deck at 7 o’clock this morning 
the sea was perfectly calm \?ith a long slow swell running 
from east to west. The sky was cloudless, the sunshine 
wq^rm, the breeze chilly. It viras a typical northern sky 
and sea v/ithout a trace of the tender and rich coloring 
of the Tropics which I fear I shall miss sadly now. 
There was also no Saragossa weed — not the smallest 
fragment. 
Two or three Herring Gulls and a swarm of Wilson’s 
Petrels — at least a dozen — were following the wake 
of the steamer amd most of thejn are still with us (it is 
noT>r noon). 
Early in the afternoon we entered the Gulf Stream, 
Fortunately a fresh south-west breeze had risen and, 
blowing with the stream, made the water comparatively 
calm BO that uo to ten o’clock there was but little motion. 
Later on the ship labored a good deal and most of the 
passengers passed a bad night in consequence. 
