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However, the barometer dropped one of John's "quick inches" and 

 about four the wind began to come from the ENE. It came slowly 

 but we could all see it meant business. First it rained a lot but then it 

 freshened and wing and wing we began to tear off the miles to Syd- 

 ney. According to schedule we should be reaching Sydney this even- 

 ing and it is still 250 miles away. But we have gotten every possible 

 mile out of the weather and one must be patient. 



During the early evening we raced a small steamer but he quit 

 after a while running into Bonne Bay. With the water so smooth we 

 made excellent time and this pleased the "Engineer" so much that 

 he stayed up in the rain two hours after his watch was over. By mid- 

 night the rain was over but great dark clouds were flying from the 

 NE and they looked as if they had lots of "druv into them." At two 

 we had to jibe, the wind having hauled slightly to the NE. Oily 

 went down to wake the two Johns as they had no watch tonight and 

 we needed help. He was particularly careful not to make any noise, 

 yet Terry was on deck before he was through waking the others. A 

 night like this he simply will not sleep. All hands had a mug-up and 

 smoke from two to three in the galley. 



Morning found us nearing Cape St. George. It had meanwhile 

 gotten rough and Jack had his usual little speech, "You'd better get 

 the mainsail off before she trips." We had no trouble steering at all. 

 A spoke either way would always correct her, which is really re- 

 markable for a schooner running wing and wing. 



I Position Off Cape Anguille 

 Tuesday, September 14th < Weather Clear 



I Wind Strong northerly 



IT took us most of the morning to get rid of Cape St. George. 

 Everybody enjoyed the crisp autumn weather. In spite of the fact 

 that the schooner rolled quite a bit, it was not uncomfortable sailing. 



