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in bad weather he had to take an awful 

 responsibility if he kept on, whereas if he 

 advised anchoring there was a fairly good 

 risk of the liner being run down by some 

 vessel which had not taken the same pre- 

 caution. 



Fog is gradually losing its terrors for the 

 skipper of the big liner, and we may imagine 

 with what anxious eyes the dial of the 

 Fathometer is watched, a red flash at the 

 marked portion telling the observer the 

 exact depth of water. 



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