Fig. 65. {upper) The giant steel sheaves have been in use for seven years, yet show no signs 

 of wear, and perform their important job smoothly and well. Fig. 66. {lower) The Free- 

 dom has performed yeoman service in Bermuda for more than twenty years, and she does 

 all that we ask of her. But with our heavy load, in rough seas, she discovers leaks of which 

 she was wholly ignorant, and the first day we have to steam full speed to shore with the 

 water almost at the level of the engines. 



