Whilst thus beating wearily and patiently towards the station where it was hoped that more prizes might be obtained, a curious phenomenon was observed, of which the following account is given in the journal:-- _Monday, September 23d_ .-- Clear, with passing clouds.

Wind right from the south-east, veering and hauling two or three points.

We have experienced in the last two or three days a remarkable succession of tide lips, coming on every twelve hours, and about an hour before the passage of the moon over the meridian.

We have observed five of these lips, and with such regularity, that we attribute them to the lunar influence attracting the water in an opposite direction from the prevailing current, which is east, at the rate of some two miles per hour.

We had a small gull fly on board of us to-day at the distance of five hundred miles from the nearest land.