Introductory. 35 
August 22nd, 1898. Towers, buildings, chimneys, 
masts, London went with the sun; but in every new 
glorious sunset we saw it all once more. 
During the first few days we were in the Channel 
most of us were busily storing away provisions in 
the ship’s hold, while others like sad spendthrifts 
had to throw provisions overboard—their offerings 
to Neptune! 
It was fortu- 
nate for us that 
' the fine weather 
prevailed, for 
our decks were 
covered with 
Pees, ropes, 
casks, odds and 
ends, etc, апа 
where there was 
nothing else * BUT IN EVERY NEW GLORIOUS SUNSET WE 
there would be. SAW IT ALL ONCE MORE." 
a sledge dog 
from Greenland growling in his Esquimo bark at his 
brethren from Siberia, until all eighty, regardless of 
nationality, joined in one penetrating Arctic volapuk 
as harmonious as a concert of the Powers. 
The cabins were full of instruments and books. 
All the staff were busy and working with a will in 
storing away; but, nevertheless, first one member 
and then another would stop his work while his 
thoughts flew back homewards, home! Never, 
maybe, was that word mentioned more tenderly than 
just when the “ boys” of the Sovéhern Cross saw the 
last of England’s cliffs sink into the rolling ocean. 
D2 
