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3 was exciting. We had been docked in the midst of the busy 

 ferry-shps and when our Hues were cast off it was found that the 

 engine-clutch refused to engage. We were now at the mercy 

 of the strong tide sweeping up the harbor; and with the busy 



The Scientific Personnel of the Cariiegie on Leaving San Francisco in 



September, 1929 



Front row, left to right: Parkinson, Captian Ault, Soule; back row, left to right, 

 Forbush, Seaton, Scott, Graham, Paul. 



steam-traffic shuttling around us, it was very uncomfortable. 

 The engineer and mechanic struggled to cool the overheated 

 clutch while the officers on the bridge did their best to conceal 

 their disgust. Fortunately, we were drifting southward past the 

 less active piers and soon began to make steerageway under fore- 



