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always a pleasure to show these men about the ship, for they 

 seemed to carry away a wider vision of the mission of science, 

 whether or not they were personally interested in geophysics or 

 oceanography. 



Soon after our arrival in Plymouth, Parkinson was called to 

 London on account of the illness of his father. He found Mrs. 

 Parkinson and his son there, who had left Washington soon after 

 we did. They were about to leave for Australia, where they were 

 to await Mr. Parkinson's arrival in December, 1929. It had been 

 planned that Mr. Johnston, in charge of the Watheroo Magnetic 

 Observatory, would relieve him in Sydney. 



A few days later. Captain Ault, Soule, and Jones also went to 

 London, on business for the Carnegie. On the voyage across the 

 Atlantic one of the cells of the salinity-bridge was found to have 

 too high a resistance, and it was hoped that the National Physical 

 Laboratory at Teddington might be able to correct the condition. 

 Jones purchased some radio supplies not available in Plymouth. 

 Before returning they saw a delightful musical comedy, "Clowns 

 in Clover," containing a song which became one of the favorites 

 on board, "Little Boy Blues." 



On June 16 we were paid a visit by Sir Frank Dyson, Astrono- 

 mer Royal of England, who came down from London especially to 

 see us. He was well acquainted with the work of the vessel, and 

 had known Mr. Parkinson, who was at one time employed at the 

 observatory in Greenwich. Our distinguished guest stayed aboard 

 for tea and dinner, and made a very thorough inspection of the 

 equipment. He was apparently as delighted with the vessel 

 and our prospects as we were to have him with us. 



The second Sunday gave some of us a chance to visit the pic- 

 turesque villages on the Cornish coast. Paul had gone ahead the 

 night before on his bicycle, and expected to meet the others at 

 Looe for a trip to the fascinating village of Polperro. But through 

 some blunder in meeting the bus the connection was not made, 

 and he proceeded alone, leaving the others to explore the seaside 

 resort at Looe. 



At this place there are tide-pools which are happy hunting 

 grounds for the marine biologist. Almost the whole range of 



