CHAPTER V 
]\ /T ONDAY, 19//2 September. — Lat. 53.9; long. 13.51. 
* Fine weather at sea. Two days ago our thoughts 
went ever roaming 
northward and 
homeward ; to-day 
they follow the track 
of the wind to the 
south. We think of 
the voyage before 
us, and picture the 
ice world away in 
the Southern Seas. 
Yesterday's rest has 
done us all good, 
and to-day the crew, 
instead of stamping 
about the foaming 
decks in streaming oilskins, are all busy at different works 
on deck in the sunlight, with coats off and bare arms. 
In the galley Peter and his mate are making great pre- 
parations for a regular fine-weather dinner ; they run no 
risk of scalds and broken dishes to-day. Forward, the 
boys are spinning foxes and marline out of old junk, dip- 
ping their fingers into tar pots and rubbing the twisted 
strands with it. Our two 'stowaways' are busy with the 
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