Jan. 20, 1912.] 
FOREST AND STREAM. 
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hand on the bow. All of the ship’s watches and 
clocks are now set for the day. If the sun is 
obscured and no observations can be made, then 
the captain and mate set the chronometers by 
dead reckoning; that is, they know by the speed 
of the vessel and the course they have steered, 
how far east or west they have sailed, and set 
the clocks accordingly until the sun shines 
again. As the Welch was sailing west of south 
she was continually losing time. 
The noon recording of that handy instrument, 
the sextant, is used in figuring out the latitude 
and an observation is taken with the same in¬ 
strument at 8 A. M. and 4 p. m., to get the 
longitude. The captain and mate then calculate 
where the ship is every day at noon and plot 
her position on the chart. By this system of 
observation, dead reckoning and bells the work 
proceeds aboard ships. 
Latitude, 28° 53' north; longitude, 133° 52' 
west. Day’s run 116 miles. Honolulu 1,278 
miles away. 
Aug. 1, 1911; wind northeast; course, south, 70° west. 
First day of the trades, though moderate. 
among some of the residents of the Golden 
State. The basis of contention of the “Friscans” 
was that San Francisco had the foundations of 
a city, had grown with just pride to be one of 
the finest in the land, while Los Angeles was 
an overgrown village. To which the “Angel- 
ites” replied that if “San Fran’’ did not have 
any more earthquakes she might become a city, 
but the city of the angels was growing at such 
a pace in recruiting from the ranks of the 
health and rest seekers, that in the course of a 
few years San Francisco would be forgotten 
and man would only remember the Golden 
Gate. 
Latitude 27° 59' north. Longitude. 136° 40' 
west. Day’s run 153 miles. Honolulu 1,145 
miles away. 
Aug. 2, 1911; wind northeast by east; course, south, 
76° west. 
Such a sight this morning as the vessel danced 
in the merry waves of the northeast trades. The 
writer had heard a number of seafaring men 
say: “If you ever take a voyage in a sailer, go 
where you will catch the trade winds; it is the 
geous crimson, making the scene magnificent, and 
the day ended with the mate declaring that the 
trip from San Francisco to Honolulu was the 
finest sailing run in the world, and the passen¬ 
gers were inclined to believe him. 
Latitude, 27° 12' north. Longitude, 139° 06' 
west. Day’s run, 178 miles. Honolulu 863 miles 
away. 
Aug. 3, 1911; wind northeast by east; course, south, 
76° west. 
Rocked in the cradle of the deep was the 
order of events last night. The sea which had 
been rol ing mainly after us shifted to the side 
with the result that everyone had a rocky cradle 
sleep. In the morning the wind had increased 
to twenty-five miles an hour, with white caps 
galore and occasionally a sea twenty feet high. 
As a wind fifty miles an hour is considered a 
gale and a wave of forty feet is estimated to be 
the highest, we were sailing in half a gale and 
in waves that were worth recording. A shift in 
the slant of wind necessitated the jibing over 
the mizzen spanker (last sail in stern) and haul¬ 
ing around the square sails, which gave the pas- 
THE CREW OF THE BARK. 
were enough to drive the ship six to seven 
knots. A white-capped, vigorous sea all the 
live long day. Not a brace or rope touched 
with the friendly wind at our stern. 
One of the sights this morning was to see 
some flying fish dart like arrows across the bow 
of the ship. These little fellows are supposed 
to be driven into flying from the pursuit of 
other big fish. So our fish line was promptly 
put over the side in the hope of catching a 
dolphin, shark or bonito. We have now been 
treated to the sight of a variety of marine life. 
The first day out a humpback whale gamboled 
about the ship, and then a gooney followed us 
for several days giving an exhibition of soaring 
that resembles the flight of an albatross. The 
next few days we were favored with views of 
the boatswain bird, which flies well up from the 
water and looks very spectacular with its long 
pointed white tail that sailors say is shaped 
like a marlinspike. We hope to see more marine 
wonders. 
All of the California passengers to-day in¬ 
dulged in an earnest discussion over which 
place was really a city—San Francisco or Los 
Angeles. The way the adherents of each town 
poured out acid on the other fellow’s abiding 
place indicated that brotherly love was unknown 
poetry of motion,” and it is. All around the 
great blue circle were combing, foaming, boiling 
rollers which seemed to take delight in tumbling 
among themselves, and the ship equal joy in 
tumb.ing over them. But it was the steady roll 
and swing of a sailer, not a steamer, and the 
pleasure of being blown over the sea by this 
balmy, thrilling power-wind—not by a rumbling, 
shaking steam engine. The wind neither raged 
nor howled, but just simply blew, and every 
wave as it broke its crest left an emerald spot 
of water to mark the climax of its career. The 
captain wished the trades might be stronger, but 
it was fast enough for the passengers who were 
enjoying the sensation of the swooping ship. 
First coasting over one of the rollers, then dip¬ 
ping down into the basin, then roll to one side, 
then to the other, but not taking a drop of water 
on the forecastle, main or poop decks. None of 
the thumping, bumping, pounding, driving of a 
steamer, but the delightful motion of a sailing 
ship. 
As the wind and wave had made the day glorious, 
the heavens, as if jealous, must do their part in the 
twilight. The sun disappeared in a cloud, and it 
looked as if there would be no sunset to crown the 
glories of the day, when suddenly the entire 
western curtain of c’ouds were painted a gor- 
THE MORNING BATH. 
sengers the opportunity of seeing how a square 
rigger was worn around in half a gale, the 
method being the same as in a light breeze, but 
requiring more care in handling the ropes. The 
wind was still mainly astern, but was reaching 
for the quarter. 
The trades had rolled up such a sea that it 
was difficult even with the fiddles to keep the 
dishes on the dining room table. While at din¬ 
ner a big roller caught the ship aright and every 
thing went sprawling down the board, but were 
caught by the diners on the lee side, and all en¬ 
joyed the sight of seeing the tableware take on 
legs. Another big sea during the day tossed 
some passengers out of their reclining chairs, 
but no one was hurt nor had a bucket of water 
boarded the decks of the ship in this splendid 
run before the northeast trades which made 
the Welch hit up a gait of nine knots per hour. 
During the tumbling about in the dancing 
trade waves, four kittens arrived in the fore¬ 
castle and all hands predicted that they would 
become lively cats, born in such a lively period 
of the bark’s history. 
Latitude, 26° 29' north. Longitude, 142“ 04' 
west. Day’s run, 178 mi’es. I-Ionolulu 863 miles 
away. 
[to be continued.] 
