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22 Saturday June 14th 1873 [[chart]] Time | Bar | Air | Water | Sp.Gr. |Winds 4 am. | 29.94 | 39° | 39° | - | E.N.E 8 " [[Ditto for: am]] | 29.95 | 40 | 40 | | " [[Ditto for: E.N.E]] 12 M. | 29.90 | 43 | 39 | | " [[Ditto for: E.N.E]] 4 P.M. | 29.89 | 42 | 39 | | E. 8 " [[Ditto for: P.M.]] | 29.86 | 40 | 39 | | N. 12 " [[Ditto for: P.M.]] | 29.85 | 39 | 40 | | " [[Ditto for: N.]] [[/table]] Weather thick & cloudy, wind light. Evening a little fresher. Sunday June 15th [[table]] Time | Bar. | Air | Water| Winds 4 A.M. 29.89 38° 40° N. 8 " [[Ditto for: A.M.]] | 29.91 | 41 39 | N.N.W 12 M. | 29.96 | 42 | 40 | " [[Ditto for: N.N.W. 4 P.M. 29.97 42 40 " [[Ditto for: N.N.W.]] 8 " [[Ditto for: P.M.]] | 30.00 | 42 | 40 | " [[Ditto for: N.N.W.]] 12 " [[Ditto for: P.M.]] | 30.01 | 42 | 41 | " [[Ditto for: N.N.W.]] [[/table]] Wind fresh. Weather cloudy. Monday June 16th [[table]] Time | Bar. | Air | Water | Winds 4 A.M. | 30.06 | 41° | 40° | N. 8. " [[Ditto for: A.M.]] | 30.20 | 46 | 41 | N.N.E 12 M. | 30.25 | 62 | 42 | " [[Ditto for: N.N.E]] 4 P.M. | 30.26 | 48 | 44 | N. 8 " [[Ditto for: P.M.]] | 30.29 | 43 | 42 | S.W. by S. 12 " [[Ditto for: P.M.]] | 30.24 | 40 | 41 | " [[Ditto for: S.W. by S.]] Cloudy & clear by turns. Wind very light. [[end page]] [[start page]] 23 About 10 A.M. see Bouldyr Island bearing S. magnetic. At noon having obtained some observations for position placing us in Lat. 52° 56' 41.2"and Long. 175° 38' 20" E. Sound as follows: Line run out Time Let go 12 h 40 m. 00sec. 50 fms 12 40 18 50 " [[Ditto for: fms]] 12 40 38 100 " [[Ditto for: fms]] 12 41 34 100 " [[Ditto for: fms]] 12 43 25 50 " [[Ditto for: fms]] 12 44 21 50 " [[Ditto for: fms]] 12 46 05 100 " [[Ditto for: fms]] 12 44 59 100 " [[Ditto for: fms]] 12 50 03 100 " [[Ditto for: fms]] 12 52 29 200 " [[Ditto for: fms]] 12 56 51 118 " [[Ditto for: fms]] end of line. 12 59 02 Total 1.018. " [[Ditto for: fms]] without bottom; the deepest sounding ever taken in Bering Sea. Conditions all favorable; the sea quiet; the sound nearly plumb, and the sand cup with which the 100lb lead was armed came up clean and unscratched, showing that no bottom could have been reached.
