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Nobska's clarion call drely abeam to port, and after due lapse

of ti voice in the mists

ahead

"Better use the pelorus and be careful about West Chop's bearing after

we pass her, Mr Bangs," Captain Mayo warned his first ives the coe Fence and Squash

Meadow--a ten- it is vitally

ihth of a point

Fogg was glad that he was alone where he sat He trear between his teeth to keep theainst the , his eyes on the instrument,

his ear cocked Every half-ht, sir!" thebriskly "Irose and half staggered forward, taking a position just to the left

of the wheel and cohths south," the captain directed the helmsman

"Careful attention, sir Tide is flood, four knots Make the course

good!"

The quartermaster repeated and twirled his wheel for the usual nue

Captain Mayo stepped back and glanced at the co his course properly "What in tophet's

na this ship around!