CHAPTER IV. 

 HOMEWARD BOUND (CONTINUED). 



DISCOVER AN EXTENSIVE BANK. CONNECT WITH LINE OF 



SOUNDINGS TAKEN IN 1 883 BY THE ENTERPRISE ONT 

 OUTWARD VOYAGE, AND THUS COMPLETE THE CIRCUM- 

 NAVIGATION OF THE GLOBE. BARBADOS. ST. THOMAS.. 



NEW YORK. ENTERPRISE GOES OUT OF COMMISSION.. 



At the beginning oftiieyear 1886 the terms of enlist- 

 ment of more than eighty of the crew had expired, and 

 every week added to the number. As the law entitles 

 each enlisted man to one fourth more pay while de- 

 tained abroad after the expiration of his enlistment, it 

 was necessary to hasten our departure, if for no other 

 reason than that of economy. We therefore remained 

 at Montevideo only long enough to give the crew a well- 

 earned recreation on shore and to prepare the ship for 

 sea. 



On the 9th of January, having laid in an extra supply 

 of coal, provisions, and sinkers, the Enterprise left 

 Montevideo and steamed slowly down the river. 



By noon of the nth the loo-fathom curve was passed,, 

 beyond which in the immediate vicinity there were no 

 soundings noted on the chart. Here a cast was taken 



