The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1869-09-16
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z Half seas over, said our jolly looking
captain one fine morning about the seventh
day out from New York, with his ruddy
face shining as bright and beaming as the
sun itself just rising out of his watery
couch in old Ocean" half seas over"
reiterated the captain in his broken Eng
lish BY this would not on any account
have the reader tor moment think that
the captain or any one else on board had
been imbibing too much, but that we had
arrived at mid ocean and henceforth the
balance of our journey was to, be on the
downward slope to the Eastern Continent.
1 Of the value.of the ma guetic needle in
crossing this vast watery plain ali are
familiar In sunshine in darkness, in the
elemental strife Of ternpests and storms
it ever points to the north pole. Obser
vations to determine the point of making
them is generally taken three times a day.
These are usually made by taking the al
titudczof the sun. Frequently lunar OBJ
8eryai ions axe also taken. So perfect and
we'll understood is nautical science at the
present time that the exact longitude and
latitude of ship at sea may be deter
mined at any time when the sun or moon
is visible There is also another
and a very simple process with
the aid Of the magnetic nee
die to d4terfh!ne the position by measure
ment, and this is called the log. This
method is,asso old as the Latin sails used
by the Greeks and Romans and dates far
back Of the Trojan war. It simply con
sists of a long line With knots in it to the
END. of which is attached 8 three corner
ed piece Of solid board. "A given num-
Der Of feet, perhaps two Numbered is
payed out from reel by the force of the
resistanceiof the water coming in contact
with the knots on the line
and the Triangular board at
the end a little instrument is held.
similar to'an hour glass and the speed of
the ship is determined by the length
Of line drawn off from the reel during
the time tho sand is running from one end
of the hour glass to the other. With all
these aids it is a remarkable fact that the
first sight of land was made within a very
few Iinutess and at the exact spot indicat-
ed the day before By the officers on board
the ship.
70 many it would seem that a passage
across The ocean would be. dreary and void
of all interest. This is great mistake.
Therdareoft,w eai4iugs in life shat are
more attractive than that of the common
seaman. Take the honest tar from his
native element-and5 he becomes restless
and unhapp8.on The shore has mo- charms
for him He longs for the restless bilioBsl
below ans and the the 9Tefarchings heavens above
Few officers ever leaVethe deck until dis |
abledIby age opnccident.a ] have expert |
enced the same feeling upon the desert
where there were no signs Of man visible |
and where the sun rose and set in what |
appeard to bea lake9of FURNISHED gold. |
Sometimes at sea it becomes .monoton-
Gus and the eye! '4yaeartes il II ying to catch
some distant object floating upon the sur
face; but to the old mariner there is hard
y an hour that passes away