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THE LAST CRUISE OF THE CARNEGIE 



South Seas in the following spring, but lost one of its members 

 through desertion in Tahiti. The charms of the island had been 

 too great for him. As though they had not been enough at sea, 

 Captain Ault and Paul spent the day sailing! The Chance, in 

 the hands of these boys, was the picture of a carefree, careless 

 life. What a contrast to our lot on the Carnegiel But there was 



Malpelo Island Outside the Gulf of Panama 



We passed this desolate rock twice in our desperate struggle against head-winds to 

 enter the Pacific Ocean. 



little envy in our minds when we said good-bye to our happy-go- 

 lucky hosts. 



Anchored a few yards from the Chance was the tiny schooner 

 Svaap which we were to meet again in Pago Pago. The owner 

 of this two-man sailboat was voyaging in a leisurely manner 

 through the Pacific, collecting materials for his journalistic writ- 



