17/24 _Olympia_ passed at 11:30 A.M., long. W.34 degrees 50'." "It lacks now three minutes of the half-hour," shouted the captain, as he gave me the longitude and the time. I admired the businesslike air of the _Olympia_; but I have the feeling still that the captain was just a little too precise in his reckoning. That may be all well enough, however, where there is plenty of sea-room. |