CHAPTER VI 
MOAK’S ADVENTURE 
Unper the constant coaching of Frazer I was gradu- 
ally broken in to cruising. The work was fatiguing, 
particularly while one was growing accustomed to 
the change in altitude, but presently this wore off 
and I found that the daily run was becoming a fas- 
cinating experience. The constant change of scene, 
the magnificent views, the sense of exploration and 
the occasional hazards encountered effectually pre- 
cluded the possibility of failing interest. Hach new 
day brought forth its fresh adventures, so that the 
time passed, for the most part, easily and with the 
speed of thought. 
There was, however, one phase of our work that 
had not seemed in prospect especially disagreeable, 
but which I found at first very difficult to get used 
to. This was the necessity under which each cruiser 
lay of working alone all day. Like most of us I 
had all my life been with, or at least near, other 
people every hour of the twenty-four. For weeks 
now I left my companions each morning with a dis- 
tinct distaste for revelling in my own company till 
evening. There was an initial strangeness about 
finding oneself utterly and entirely alone in the for- 
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