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ward and we knew that the second typhoon was safely out-ma- 

 neuvered. Had we pushed on into the bay during the night, we 

 would have met the storm head-on in the uncomfortably narrow 

 waters of Tokyo Bay; a radio message informed us that it passed 

 ten miles to the northward. After the usual "eye" of the storm 

 had passed, during which a dead calm prevails, we took advantage 

 of the northeast wind that followed, and headed once more for 



The Carnegie Hove-to after a Storm 

 Waiting for the sea to moderate. 



the entrance. No stars were visible to determine our position, but 

 a mail-steamer, bound for Yokohama, came along and enabled 

 us to improve our course. Racing to the entrance at ten knots 

 with a booming breeze we were now forced to tack against a 

 strong head-wind up the bay. Almost nine hours were required 

 for this short stretch and we had to anchor outside the breakwater 

 till morning. We lay within a few yards of the spot where our 

 former magnetic survey -ship, the Galilee, was blown aground and 

 sunk by a typhoon in 1906. 



