ii8 POPULAR LECTURES AND ADDRESSES. 



"Art. 1 8. Where by the above rules one of 

 two ships is to keep out of the way, the other 

 shall keep her course, subject to the qualifications 

 contained in the following Article. 



" Art. 19. In obeying and construing these 

 rules, due regard must be had to all dangers of 

 navigation ; and due regard must also be had to 

 any special circumstances, which may exist in 

 any particular case, rendering a departure from 

 the above rules necessary in order to avoid 

 immediate danger. 



"Art. 20. Nothing in these rules shall ex- 

 onerate any ship, or the owner, or master, or 

 crew thereof, from the consequences of any 

 neglect to keep a proper look-out, or of the 

 neglect of any precaution which may be required 

 by the ordinary practice of seamen or by the 

 special circumstances of the case." 



Art. 15 makes the duty of the steamer, in the 

 case referred to, unmistakable. It is to steer 

 in such a way that a collision cannot take place, 

 whatever the sailing ship may do. The steamer 

 has no right to reckon that the sailing ship will 



