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From a feeling of diffidence toward sailors of great experience, I refrained, in the preceding chapters as prepared for serial publication in the "Century Magazine," from entering fully into the details of the Spray's build, and of the primitive methods employed to sail her.
On May 18,1898, is written large in the Spray's log-book: "To-night, in latitude 7 degrees 13' N., for the first time in nearly three years I see the north star." The Spray on the day following logged one hundred and forty-seven miles. To this I add thirty-five miles for current sweeping her onward.
The great ship was out forty-eight days from Norfolk, Virginia, and was bound for Rio, where we met again about two months later. The Spray was now thirty days from Gibraltar. The Spray's next companion of the voyage was a swordfish, that swam alongside, showing its tall fin out of the water, till I made a stir for my harpoon, when it hauled its black flag down and disappeared.
They have a right to their opinion, while I stick to mine. They will take exceptions to her short ends, the advantage of these being most apparent in a heavy sea. Some things about the Spray's deck might be fashioned differently without materially affecting the vessel.
I would shrink from repeating the editor's words but for the reason that undue estimates have been made of the amount of skill and energy required to sail a sloop of even the Spray's small tonnage.
"Couldn't be in a worse place," commented Bill, "right in the track of the Fall River steamers and any other craft that happens to come up or down the Sound." Even as he spoke there came the long melancholy boom of a steamer's whistle from somewhere in the obscurity. Bill hastily searched the Ocean Spray's cabin.
Sailing from Gibraltar with the assistance of her Majesty's tug The Spray's course changed from the Suez Canal to Cape Horn Chased by a Moorish pirate A comparison with Columbus The Canary Islands-The Cape Verde Islands Sea life Arrival at Pernambuco A bill against the Brazilian government Preparing for the stormy weather of the cape.
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