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RULE OP THE ROAD. 



RUSSIA. 



are crossing so as to involve risk of collision, the 

 vessel with the wind on the port side shall keep 

 out of the way of the vessel with the wind on 



B 



DIRECTION of 

 WIND ' 



the starboard side (see B), except when the vessel 

 with the wind on the port side is close hauled 



c 



DIRECTION .OF 

 WIND 



and the other vessel free, in which case the lat- 

 ter vessel must keep out of the way (see C). 



D 



DIRECTION or 

 Wl NO 



But if they have the wind on the same side 

 (see D), or if one of them has the wind aft (see E), 



the vessel that is to windward shall keep out of 

 way of the vessel that is to leeward. 

 Two steam vessels meeting end on, so as to in- 



DintCTioN OF 

 W I N D 



volve risk of collision, shall pass to the right 

 (see A). When two steam vessels are crossing so 

 as to involve risk of collision, the vessel that has 

 the other on her own starboard side shall keep 

 out of the way (see F). The steam vessel must 



give way to the sailing vessel. Every steam 

 vessel, when approaching another vessel so as to 

 involve the risk of collision, must slacken her 

 speed or stop and reverse; and in a fog every 

 steam vessel must go at moderate speed. 



Every vessel overtaking another vessel must 

 keep out of the way of the overtaken vessel. 



These rules are not to be followed blindly, for 

 special circumstances may render a departure 

 from them necessary. 



RUSSIA, an empire in northern Europe and 

 Asia. The legislative, executive, and judicial 

 power is concentrated in the Emperor. The 

 throne is transmitted through the male line by 

 primogeniture, and to female descendants in 

 default of males, in the Romanoff-Holstein-Got- 

 torp family. The Emperor is assisted by the 

 Committee of Ministers, members of which pre- 

 side over the executive departments and suggest 

 projects of law relating to them ; the Council of 

 State, which examines projects of law and dis- 

 cusses the budget; the Ruling Senate, which 



