This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1905 Excerpt: ...he served under Capt. Nares. Just before we started it was found that somebody had forgotten ft Withdraw a plug of wood from a valve hole, or whatever it is called, in the bottom of the steamer. A man dived underneath and lixed that properly.--Under Way.--"When we finally started soon after daybreak there was a light ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1905 Excerpt: ...he served under Capt. Nares. Just before we started it was found that somebody had forgotten ft Withdraw a plug of wood from a valve hole, or whatever it is called, in the bottom of the steamer. A man dived underneath and lixed that properly.--Under Way.--"When we finally started soon after daybreak there was a light south.east breeze, so it did not come home to us that we were like a half.tide rock on account ot th-beat being so ueeply laden. Ah hour alter hour passed away ami we merrily logged off our seven knots an hour we congratulated ourselves on the iQtisfactory state of affairs. We expected to have a quick trip; but. alas! the best laid scneme of mice and men gang aft agley, and so it was with us. We passed the ernons all light, but when we reached the open water on the other side we found the wind had risen and raised a short, choppy head sea By the actions of the chief we noticed that everything was not runmng as smoothly as he could wish. However, nothing very alarming occurred until 5 in the afternoon, when we were well on our way to Cope Don. Then the engines stopped bhort, not to go again until repairs had been effected. We were lying exposed to the full strength of the south.east gale and the heavv sea raised from the full depth cJ Van Diemen's Ciulf, with the coast ot Melville Island under our lee.--A Terrible Time--"After a terrible time of some hours in the trough ot the sea some of the machinery was lashed in its place or screwed up We tried hard to get. round Cape Don, and hammered away until 3 a.m. During the repairs we held the engineers in position so they could attend to their particular business. One great roll the steamer made threw a tin of factor oil mto the chiefs face, a quantity of the beastly stutt going down his th...
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