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study by Fra Angelico, to whose work, especially in 
the simplicity of the arrangement of the drapery, I 
confess it bears a certain resemblance. 
In the still hours of 
the night watches and the 
grey of the dawn this 
strange figure is seen flit- 
ting around with lamp 
and book, reading temper- 
atures, noting baromet- 
rical readings, and the 
flight of birds. The least 
flicker in Nature's pulse is 
carefully noted down. I 
made this drawing be- 
cause it gave me satis- 
faction to treat such a 
weighty subject as Science 
in such a free and easy 
way, and reproduce it to prove to all and sundry that on 
one occasion I too was up with the Sun. 
The carpenter finished the new jibboom to-day, and in 
the afternoon both watches turned out and hoisted it 
from the deck forward on to the focsle-head, and out 
into its place on the bowsprit It was a mighty big lift, 
even for our crew of forty-three men. The spar is full 
thirty feet long, with girth in proportion, so there was 
much yeo-hoing and yeo-ho-heav-oh-ing-altogether-lads, 
before it was fixed in its place. 
The barque is still near us to-night. We played the 
