November 1883. Southern Ocean. 9th S.Lat. 34°26' E.Lon. 18°42' Wind WNW. Spng. 6 knots The Porpoise and Kennedy with us, standing to the Southward. A man fell overboard from our ves- sel but was enabled to keep afloat by swimming, till the boat which we lowered picked him up. This happened within False Bay, but by sundown the land to the Northward was out of sight. 10th S.Lat. 35°46' E.Lon. 17°5' Wind S.E. Spd. 8 km. Temperatures: Air 68° Surf. water 68° - at 100 f. = 61° - at 140 f. = 47° The Porpoise and Kennedy out of sight. Now we are well out at sea, our old friends the birds begin to follow in our wake. Among them I can make out the following – the white-brest- ed petrel (V.23) the Whale-bird or blue-foot- red, the little Cape Carie (V.24) the Proc. Capersis (V.21) Diomedea exulans (V.18) D. Chloronychus? (V.20) D. fuliginosus? (V.17) and a petrel new to us, of the size and appear- ance of P. Capensis, except that its color is a light blue, with a darker oblique space above on each wing. Only one of this latter species was seen. 11th S.Lat. 36°51' E.Lon. 17° Wind E. Spd. 2 k. The wind being light today I availed my-self of the opportunity to make use