Los Angeles herald., 1906-03-04
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tudes where the southeast trade wlnd oioMSi :
steadily and strongly from one quarter, aho w
there was succession OF pleasant Gays, ~ ~
began to study navigation IN earnest 'nu n-ore r
the same time Doctor Breen gave MIN d se'eie
course of mathematics.
"Dolphin!" shouted James Foster one aay lay
about six weeks after Fred had so une3 pS t ~
joined the Borden, and of course all leit tneir
several occupations of reading sleeping
smoking to look over the side.
"That dolphin?" exclaimed the doctor, con-
temptuously, as the beautiful fish sprang oqH i, IL
the water in pursuit of a shoal OF Tying III nsn. !!
THAT was coryphoena hippuriS! 1onuet t ad u
the true dolphin" and Doctor Breen PoiIi.ed III. n
to wlndward, where school OF rouhu
porpolses were playing.
Then what we call porpolse Is the I,;r teu,
dolphin, and that which is called a ooip.55,j, y,
is a coryphoena-what dye call 1t, en- docsSi1 -
said John Palmer, who was rapidly pemulns naE =
G line on the staff of at three,pronee' 'peN'
"Whatis in a name anyways" lmpatlently
interrupted Earle, as the doctor was about pe-
ginning long explanation as to the nis"p fp,Hiad
cation of the two terms Il want solie LIEU
hlppuris for supper" ,l,
John took his station in the main channels,
grains in hand, while Mr.. Briggs spiasneo III
the water with an oar. And as the coryph1ene'
which is very inquisitive, came swimming ai9ns 3
side to see what the matter was, John niauI 4, d
successful dart, and in another m9nens 'ne ;te
beutiful fish was gasping in deck 1uD, ius iuss
silyery sides alternately flushing with hues ol
gold and bronze in most wonderful MAN.
ner. N
The wind had been gradually dying, out al
through the day, and, by eight oeiiss sso Ike Ike
schooner lay perfectly motionless on sea IKE
glass.
Over went Joe North's fishing line, and |
wish you could have seen the strange fsh tna'
were soon Hopping on the vessel deck 90 u,
There was the ugly red and carnation bull
head" with its prickly spines, and specimen
Of what is known, believe, as the noonlisn, l ~
which, to the doctors great delight, began to
distend itself as soon as drawn OUT OF the
water, until, with its thony SIDES ana pach' @
it was not unlike monstrous chestnut DuIr
There were red snappers and gray muiiet, anu
others, for which even the doctors learning
could not find a name.
Gust wait till you get out into the indian ! 11
Ocean if you want to see curious nS fonnd
The calm continued for three weary days, and
then the breath Of the trade wind again hlied
their sails H.
Steadily making their way southward, they
passed the Tropic of Capricorn, all the time
drawing nearer the coast of Brazil, owing TO
the leeway.in sailing by the wind.
But on the ffty-fourth day from home they
outsailed the trade wind and turned turn shaIlp
gale directly from Terre del Fuego following
Heading about east northeast, so as to pass
southwark to the Cape of Good Hope, the
Borden began to log her, two hundred and a
even two hundred and thirty miles in the
of the breeze Sometimes storms of ,pelting
hail drove them furiously onward; at other
times there were thunder squalls, with the
most intense lightning, and rain in such ter
rents as fairly to beat down the turbulent
Thus they sped eastward, passing little to
the southwark of Mozambique Island, and, on
the 24th day of December, sighted Mauritius,
where they were to touch for fresh provisions
and water. Before dark, the schooner leaving
the lofty headland, with it's signal station on
the starboard bow, rounded to, with down
rattling sails, and dropped anchor. in Port
Louis harbor, just ninety-two days from Bos'
ton.