296 THE LAST CRUISE OF THE CARNEGIE 



and-aft sails. The afternoon was well spent before we took 

 departure from the Golden Gate; for we were forced to tack 

 repeatedly in the face of a brisk west wind. 



We pushed our way out into a cold, grey evening and into a 

 heavy coast sea. The new men were having an unfair breaking- 

 in, for the vessel rolled and pitched as violently as it had in the 

 stormy waters near Japan. There was much scurrying about 

 of the men as they finished restowing our new supplies before 

 breakage occurred. 



The cabin was quite crowded with the addition of Dr. Moberg 

 and Mr. Gish to our ranks. It was necessary to bring out air- 

 mattresses and to take turns sleeping on the floor. Graham had 

 a difficult time keeping himself in bed on one of these cushions. 

 When it was inflated to high pressure he found himself rolling 

 off; when blown up only slightly, he scraped the floor with every 

 roll of the ship. However, a little experimentation and he dis- 

 covered that the mattress made a perfect gimbal and his difficul- 

 ties were over. Seaton made himself a hammock. 



The whole passage to Honolulu was made in calms and light 

 airs with the exception of a day or two when the trades were 

 picked up. Our engine was given hard usage. The new engine- 

 room gang was initiated by having to spend a thirty-hour session 

 in repairing the Buffalo engine, one of the cylinder-blocks of 

 which had cracked. This machine was our only source of electric 

 power so that there must be no delay in getting it in order. 



Dr. Moberg and Graham divided the duties in the chemical 

 laboratory, thereby allowing Paul time to record for the pilot- 

 balloon flights. This relieved Captain Ault, for Scott now read 

 off the sextant-altitudes. Graham was slightly handicapped in 

 his work because of an accident he had suffered a few days out of 

 port. As he emerged from the chart-room one day the heavy 

 door was slammed shut by a sudden lurch of the vessel and his 

 finger was crushed in the lock. 



The new triple-size bottom-samplers, made up in San Francisco, 

 were a grand success. With these we were able to secure about 

 four pounds of material instead of about one, thus making it 

 unnecessary to make multiple soundings when large amounts of 



