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hauled. July 12, wind shifted to westward, with fine weather. 

 Made some warm mutton soup — the best we ever tasted — out of 

 cans. Toward evening wind freshened, and yvc bowled off at the 

 rate of seven knots per hour. Made a run of one hundred and 

 sixty-eight knots in the twenty-four hours. Felt quite elevated, 

 but rather lonely on our watches. Dog "Fanny" appeared sea- 

 sick ; gave her one can of beef. July 13, discovered our only 

 timepiece had stopped from exposure to the wet ; was rusty 

 inside; hereafter must mark time by the sun. "Fanny" found 

 a dry sipot to-day and took it out in sleeping. July 14, made a 

 fair run of one hundred and thirty-nine knots. July 15, wind 

 northeast to southwest, and light ; course east by southeast ; run 

 only sixty-three knots, much of which was due to the gulf stream. 



A Discourteous- Ca^ptain. — During the afternoon was becalmed, 

 in company with a bark about two miles distance. A light air 

 springing up, we headed to speak her, but she bore around to the 

 north and kept off, evidently not wishing to speak us. I cannot 

 say much for that captain's humanity, who would pass a small ship 

 twenty-six feet in length, with only two men in her, five hundred 

 miles from land, without desiring to speak her, even if he could 

 do nothing. July 16, course east one-fourth north ; distance 

 made ninety-two knots ; wind southwest and west ; difference of 

 latitude 5° departure 91°. Latitude by d. r. 39°; hiiitude by 

 observation, 39° 6'; variation \\] difference of longitude 118°; 

 longitude 61° 49'. July 17, made one hundred and twenty-four 

 knots ; wind northwest and west. July 18, latitude 40° 31' north, 

 35° west ; about midnight struck something very solid, and glanc- 

 ing on the port bow : all sails were set ; the concussion stopped 

 the ship's headway ; examined and found ship did not leak. Had 

 it been an ordinary wooden boat, this blow would have sent us 

 to Davy Jones' Locker. Made one hundred and four knots this 

 day. Jul}^ 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, made one hundred and fifteen, 

 ninety-nine, twenty-six, seventy-two and one hundred and nineteen 

 knots, respectively. Heavy sea on, but our little ship rode the 

 waves like a thing of life way up on the mountain billows, the 

 sea hissing and lashing around us ; at times we would be covered 

 with the spray, and the air would be full of horrible uproar, 

 seemingly upbraiding us for our temerity ; but we dashed on, 

 daring old ocean in his gloomy mood. He had no terrors for us ; 

 we were not born to l)e di-owned. 



In a Fog. — July 24. About 3 p. m., while running with a souther- 



