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THE LAST CRUISE OF THE CARNEGIE 



So out we headed to northward, steering close to the trade- 

 winds until we should be far enough north to clear them for the 

 thousand-mile section of the North Pacific along the thirty -fifth 

 parallel. 



On the morning of our first day out from Honolulu, we ho ve- 

 to for an oceanographic station. Everyone was hoping that this 

 three-hour delay might enable the full-rigged ship, Tusitala, to 

 catch up; for she had dropped behind us during the night. We 



A "Gannet" 



Like an albatross this bird is unable to fly from the deck as, like a hydroplane, it needs 

 a long "take-off." 



might then start at scratch for a race to clear the trade-wind 

 belt. But she was not sighted again. 



The course set by this ship emphasizes the advantage of steam 

 over sails. The Tusitala was bound for the Panama Canal, and 

 yet she had to sail a great loop northward to escape the northeast 

 trade-winds, before she could make headway east or south. The 

 distance by steamer from San Francisco to Callao for example, 

 is about forty -six hundred miles, while a sailing-vessel to make the 

 best time will cover seventy-six hundred between the same ports ! 



