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Captain Mayo did not reply He was grateful that the dangers of Hell

Gate had been revealed The ainst North Brother

Island when he swung into the channel of the Gate, and he could see,

far ahead, the shaft of the lighthouse It was a stretch where close

figuring was needed, and this freak of the led for full speed and took a peep to note the bearing of

Sunken Meadow spindle

"Nothe-east, five-eighths east!" he directed the quartermaster at the

wheel

The ht her to her course

for the Middle Ground passage

After they had rounded North Brother, Whitestone Point toas

revealed It really see, and even in the

channel between Execution Rocks and Sands Point his hopes were rising

But in the wider waters off Race Rock the Montana drove her black

snout once ain

The young captain sighed "East, a half nothe!"