'10 P.M. - This second length of three-wire cable soon got into the
same condition as its fellow - i.e. came up twenty kinks an hour -
and after seven miles were in, parted on the pulley over the bows
at one of the said kinks; during my watch again, but this time no
earthly power could have saved it. I had taken all manner of
precautions to prevent the end doing any damage when the smash
came, for come I knew it must. We now return to the six-wire
cable. As I sat watching the cable to-night, large phosphorescent
globes kept rolling from it and fading in the black water.
'29th.
'To-day we returned to the buoy we had left at the end of the six-
wire cable, and after much trouble from a series of tangles, got a
fair start at noon. You will easily believe a tangle of iron rope
inch and a half diameter is not easy to unravel, especially with a
ton or so hanging to the ends. It is now eight o'clock and we have
about six and a half miles safe: it becomes very exciting,
however, for the kinks are coming fast and furious.
'July 2.
'Twenty-eight miles safe in the hold.
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