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  THE 
  NATIONAL 
  GEOGRAPHIC 
  MAGAZINE 
  

  

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  s 
  casti,k 
  : 
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  amaije, 
  ST 
  

  

  No 
  one 
  knows 
  how 
  this 
  old 
  tower 
  gained 
  its 
  name, 
  but 
  active 
  imaginations 
  have 
  woven 
  

   fascinating 
  stories 
  about 
  it. 
  It 
  was 
  in 
  reality 
  built 
  by 
  the 
  Danish 
  Government 
  during 
  the 
  

   latter 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  seventeenth 
  century 
  and 
  remained 
  the 
  property 
  of 
  the 
  king 
  until 
  about 
  a 
  

   century 
  ago, 
  when 
  a 
  private 
  citizen 
  obtained 
  possession 
  of 
  it 
  (see 
  text, 
  page 
  153). 
  

  

  must 
  have 
  proved 
  a 
  satisfactory 
  refuge 
  

   for 
  many 
  of 
  the 
  old 
  renegades. 
  For 
  cen- 
  

   turies 
  it 
  was 
  indefinitely 
  dubbed 
  The 
  

   Sound; 
  but 
  a 
  few 
  months 
  ago 
  the 
  United 
  

   States 
  Geographic 
  Board, 
  upon 
  the 
  rec- 
  

   ommendation 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  Coast 
  

   and 
  Geodetic 
  Survey, 
  with 
  the 
  concur- 
  

   rence 
  of 
  the 
  Navy 
  Department, 
  declared 
  

   thai 
  it 
  should 
  henceforth 
  be 
  called 
  Pills- 
  

   bur}- 
  Sound, 
  in 
  honor 
  of 
  Rear 
  Admiral 
  

   John 
  E. 
  Pillsbury, 
  late 
  President 
  of 
  tile 
  

  

  National 
  Geographic 
  Society, 
  to 
  whose 
  

   scientific 
  research 
  relating 
  to 
  the 
  laws 
  

   that 
  govern 
  the 
  movements 
  of 
  the 
  Gulf 
  

   Stream 
  it 
  is 
  a 
  modest 
  tribute. 
  

  

  Pillsbury 
  Sound 
  is 
  about 
  two 
  miles 
  

   long 
  from 
  east 
  to 
  west 
  and 
  a 
  mile 
  and 
  a 
  

   half 
  wide 
  from 
  north 
  to 
  south. 
  It 
  varies 
  

   in 
  depth 
  from 
  8 
  to 
  16 
  fathoms 
  and 
  all 
  the 
  

   main 
  passages 
  leading 
  into 
  it 
  are 
  deeper 
  

   than 
  the 
  sound 
  itself. 
  In 
  its 
  midst 
  lie 
  

   two 
  small 
  barren 
  rocks, 
  about 
  20 
  feet 
  in 
  

  

  