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first on an even keel with both helms, and then with both helms heeled to port and starboard, suc- 

 cessively, as much as could be accomplished with the weight of two heavy boom-sticks hoisted out of 

 water, first on one side and then on the other. The vessel was so stiff that the weight, which was all 

 that could be handled with the available purchase, listed very much less than anticipated. 



14. On August 5, 1905, at 2 p. m., the Galilee was towed out of San Francisco Harbor, and just 

 outside the heads we set sail for San Diego, Cahfornia. By standing offshore about 200 miles, it 

 was hoped that we would be beyond the foggy and overcast influence of the northwest trades on the 

 coast, but such was not the case. We then headed inshore toward Point Conception for a possible 

 change for the better in the vicinity of Santa Barbara Island, but with ill success. It was not until 

 the afternoon of the 10th, when northeast of San Clemente Island, that the Sun shone, and the ship 

 was swung under sail for the first time. At 4'' 30° p. m. August 11, we anchored at the entrance of 

 San Diego Bay, 6 days from San Francisco, and signaled for a tug to tow us in, but could not get one 

 until the afternoon of the following day; so we did not come alongside the dock in San Diego Harbor 

 until 4'' SO" p. m. August 12, 1905. During this experimental cruise from August 6 to 12 the new 

 hemp rigging had to be temporarily set up at sea, and at San Diego it all had to be systematically 

 and carefully set up, and some of it had to be turned in and reserved. 



15. Between August 14 and 21, 1905, magnetic observations were made at 4 shore stations at 

 San Diego and vicinity in order to find 2 stations having practically the same declination and so 

 situated that the ship could be swung between them. On August 22 and 23 the ship was swung 

 at San Diego, between the two selected shore magnetic stations, one on each side of the channel-way. 



16. Based on shore experiments at San Diego, the distance was increased between the standard 

 compass 29971 and the deflecting compass 31974, and the Kelvin compass was removed entirely, 

 the sea dip-circle remaining where it was before. As seen from Figure 2 and pages 26-28, the 3 

 instruments used on the remainder of the cruise were 10 feet 10 inches apart, the former distances 

 being thus increased by 2.5 feet, which was all that the arrangement of the present bridge would 

 allow. After the instruments had been carefully adjusted and alined, so that their lubber-lines 

 were in the same fore-and-aft plane, the ship was swung on August 24, 1905, at San Diego in the 

 same place and manner as on the 2 previous days, for determination of the constants for the 

 new spacing of the instruments. 



17. Trouble had been experienced with the ship's small hquid steering compass when swinging 

 under sail; this was on account of the small spacing of the subdivisions of the card, so that the 

 helmsman could not satisfactorily steady the vessel for the desired heading on which magnetic 

 observations were to be made. Accordingly, it was necessary to replace the former steering compass 

 by the available Kelvin dry compass, with its 12-inch card and large graduations. 



18. On August 25, 1905, the day after completion of all swings, the union crew shipped in San 

 Francisco struck; being very troublesome, they were paid off and discharged on the following day. 

 The next day, the 27th, a new, indifferent crew was hurriedly brought aboard, and an effort was 

 made to get away. The tug was alongside, fines singled up, orders given to cast off, when the crew 

 all walked ashore and declared that they were not willing to go. Apparently the available seamen 

 in San Diego were exhausted, and the owners' agent telegraphed to San Pedro for men, but the reply 

 came back that there were none available there. Learning that there were about 6 men working in a 

 brickyard out near La Jolla, who a few weeks previously had left an English ship, I immediately sent 

 Captain Hayes, the master of the Galilee, there, and he succeeded in persuading them to ship. On 

 the following afternoon, September 1, 1905, the Galilee was towed out of San Diego Harbor, and at 

 3'' 35° p. m. we squared away for Honolulu, taking our departure from Coronado Hotel and Point 

 Loma Lighthouse. During the first 2 days out the wind was not fair and we sagged off to the south- 

 west, but after that the course was practically a great circle to Honolulu, which was reached on the 

 morning of September 16, making a distance of 2,331 nautical miles in less than 15 days. 



19. During the first portion of the voyage the weather was unfavorable for magnetic work, very 

 showery and overcast, and two of the observers were sick. Conditions were such that the ship 

 could be swimg on but 2 days, and observations could be made on course on 7 days. During this 

 passage most of the rigging had to be set up twice, and many of the lighter and longer stays three 

 times. 



20. While at Honolulu all the instruments were taken to the Coast and Geodetic Survey 

 magnetic observatory at Sisal, and complete observations were made there for constants. This work 



