ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 



AND SUGGESTIONS 



FOR FURTHER READING 



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-T is always a pleasure to acknowledge, whenever possible, the 

 hints, clues, suggestions, ideas, facts, information, services and aids of 

 all kinds that assist one in the making of a book. In the case of the pres- 

 ent volume this pleasure must be restrained for a variety of reasons. 

 In the first place, the Atlantic has always been of interest to me, and 

 the book has been a matter of slow growth. Much of it is a matter of 

 personal observation and experience, such for example as my cruise in 

 Kin/^ajou and passages in many other vessels. I have tried always to 

 check, supplement and support my observations by reference to written 

 authority, but even with the best intention it has not always been pos- 

 sible to show exactly where authority left off and observation began. 

 At certain points where authority seemed lacking or silent, I have ven- 

 tured to express my own observations. 



In the second place, other parts of the book are based on observations 

 made in museums and exhibits and on reading and research extending 

 over many years. To document the account and to supply it with a full 

 set of notes and references would have made it more difficult to read 

 and more expensive to produce. The author and publisher early agreed 

 that they wished to interest the general reader and to make his trip 

 through the book as easy, pleasant and profitable as possible. 



Finally, while it is only fair to acknowledge facts and statements 

 derived from another author, it is unfair to involve him in matters of 

 opinion or judgment. The present author wishes, therefore, not only to 

 thank such authorities as may be named here or in the body of the book 

 for their assistance, but also to free them from involvement in or re- 

 sponsibility for interpretations of facts or judgments of value expressed 

 in this book. 

 My first indebtedness is to those who taught me to sail and imparted 



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