Magnetic Work of the Galilee, 1905-08 9 



It is understood that the payments under this charter-party at the rate above stipu- 

 lated, shall commence on the twentieth day of July, nineteen hundred and five, and that an 

 allowance for lay days will be paid by the charterers to the managing owner at the rate of 

 fifteen (15) dollars a day, beginning with June fifth, nineteen hundred and five. 



To the true performance of all and every of the foregoing covenants and agreements, 

 the said parties each to the other do hereby bind themselves, their heks, executors, adminis- 

 trators and assigns, each to the other, in the penal sum of amount of charter for six months. 



In witness whereof the said parties have hereunto interchangeably set their hands and 

 seals the day and year first above written. 



Signed, sealed and deUvered in the presence of: 

 Witnesses: (Signed) Matthew Turner, [seal] 



(Signed) Nelson Andrews. (Signed) L. A. Bauer, [seal] 



(Signed) J. F. Pratt. Director, Department of Terrestrial Magnetism, 



of the Carnegie Institution of Washington. 



According to the above charter-party, the owners supplied the sailing-master 

 (who was Captain J. T. Hayes for the entire period 1905-1908), 2 mates, 6 seamen, 

 and 2 cooks, or 11 men in all, and their subsistence, with the exception of that of 

 the cabin cook. The Department bore all cost of alterations required to fit the 

 vessel for her work, and furnished subsistence for the scientific personnel, consisting 

 of the commander of the vessel, 1 surgeon, and 2 or 3 observers, together with the 

 cabin cook. At times it was found that the vessel was undermanned to meet suc- 

 cessfully the many and varied requirements of an ocean scientific expedition. This 

 matter could not well be remedied, however, until the Department had a vessel of 

 its own. 



The non-magnetic ballast referred to in the charter-party consisted of stone, 

 obtained at San Francisco, which, upon careful test, was found to be non-magnetic. 



The Galilee proved herself a splendid sea boat, and, as already said, one of the 

 fastest sailers of her size in the Pacific Ocean. Previous to entering our service, 

 she had made as much as 308 miles in a day with full cargo. (See Plate 1, Fig. 2.) 

 For our purpose, however, a day's run of 100 to 150 miles amply suflSced, representing 

 approximately the distances apart of the magnetic stations. 



By special courtesy of the Secretary of Commerce and Labor, the Galilee was 

 classed as a "yacht" in order to facilitate her passages from port to port. This 

 classification began at Honolulu, September 1905. Universal courtesy was shown 

 her by port officials and customs officers, everything possible being done at the 

 ports visited to facilitate her work. 



Throughout the three years' operations, during which cruises were carried 

 out all over the Pacific, but one accident befell the Galilee. This occurred at Yoko- 

 hama in August 1906. A typhoon suddenly springing up, the vessel dragged her 

 anchors and she was blown against the breakwater and sunk in about 14 feet of 

 water. However, in 12 days she was ready to resume her voyage to San Diego, 

 without serious damage to ship or to instruments. 



