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CONTENTS. 
CHAPTER XVII. 
ROUTES. 
How Passages have been shortened, <J 568. — How closely Vessels follow each other's 
Track, 570. — The Archer and the Flying Cloud, 571.— The great Race-course upon 
the Ocean, 573. — Description of a Race, 575. — Present Knowledge of Winds en- 
ables the Navigator to compute his Detour, 582. . . Page 262 
CHAPTER XVIII. 
A LAST WORD. 
Brussels Conference, § 584. — How Navigators may obtain a Set of Maury's Wind 
and Current Charts, 585.— The Abstract Log, 586 . 271 
