Smyrna times., 1907-02-27
DANIEL BAILEY'S INTERESTING LOG.
Proves Himself TO Be a Good Seaman and
Writes an Interesting Account of His Voy-
age From Philadelphia to Cuba.

age From Fnilaceipnia 10 Cuba.
Daniel G. Bailey who left the first of
the month with Captain H. A. Lank of I
the Schooner "Florence Creadick" for
Cuba, has arrived on the Island after
an interesting voyage. Although the
guest of Capt. Lank, he passed the
Custom House officers as seaman, a
title he has proven himself worthy of.
During his voyage he has kept an in
teresting ''log" which we publish as
follows:' "CARDENAs, CUBA, Feb. 2,
1907:-We left Philadelphia this morn
ing, February 2, at eight o'clock with
FIVE seaman, one steward, one engineer,
one mate, one captain, with 1850 tons
of coal bound for Cardenas, Cuba.
Our engine is used for hoisting and
lowering the sails and for loading and
unloading our cargo. 1 signed at the
Custom House as a. seaman, otherwise
there is lot of red tape aboutit. We
through a mass of ice. February 3,
Sunday, we reached the Breakwater at
three o'clock in the morning and at
four o'clock I got up and saw that the
tug had cut loose from us. With our
sails up it was pretty sight with Cape
Henlopen light on one side and Cape
May flash light on the other side. I
never had seen clear sunrise before,
until we were passing FenwIck Light
Ship, twenty miles out from the Break
water.
Warmer Weather After Reaching Gull Stream.
February 4, Monday, we have
reached the Gulf Stream about two
hundred miles from land off from Cape
Hattreras, and you always find it warm
in this stream and awful rough. 1t is
from fifty to sixty miles wide. About
four o'clock in the afternoon a big
squall came up and in the night you
could not sleep as it would throw you
out of your berth as fast as you got in
to it. We all stayed up all night and
| q
waves would sweep over the deck and
the cabin until our beds and clothes
were Gll wet. My trunk would turn
over and over and the light by the
compass would go out and 1 had to
keep lighting it. February 5, Tues
day, early in the morning it looked a.
if we were in the mountains, the waves
being so high. We could not cook any
thing for breakfast as it would fall off
the stove and all we had was bread ani
sardines, but by night it had calmed
down and we had good night of it
February 6, Wednesday, we are now
off one side of the Gulf Stream and th,
weather is fine, can sit out on deck il
my shirt sleeves and we are making
nine to ten knots an hour all day
February Z, Thursday, it often rains
down here when the sun shines ant
you can see lots of rainbows, nothin,
on land can compare to them as the,
, are way out on the broad ocean Feb
ruary s, Friday, we are now in th,
tropics among the trade winds, and to
day is the first time for five days W
: have seen the sun at twelve O'Clock
, Suffered No Seasickness From the Heavy Sc
q The Captain has to get his latitude b
a the sun at noon, and if he cannot ge
, it he runs by dead reckoning, which
q done by> the use of the chronomete
and our log derometer. We are off th
q coast of Palm Beach, Fla, and weal
ing summer clothes. have not bee
| seasick and guess not for all on boar
4 said would. February 9, Saturday
s can see lots of flying fish fly out {
: the water, something that you woul
: not believe, and there are thousands
o them. The dolphin get after thel
$ and make them fly out and he will TO
a fow them up and eat the fish when
r comes back to the water. February 1,
10 Sunday, this is calmest day we hay
# had yet, no wind at all, the boat stanC
ing still, and the sails Topping frol
one side to the other, and the currer
has carried us over 100 miles out of OF
If course. saw two whales to-day, on
% of them within ten feet of the vesse
v and ran right across the bow. Febrr
o ary IL, Monday, at noon the Captai
IS climbed to the top of the rigging wit
" his glasses in his hand and sighte
g. land on one of the Bahama Islands al
N he was glad of it, as he was afraid |
{. had made mistake in figuring out b
" navigation. About eight clock in II
,f evening we sighted lighthouse, b
10 not the one we wanted, for the one
A. guide us by is on Abaco Island, gene
+ ally called the "Hole in the WALL" al
ts all steamers aud vessels going sou
a. pass by this place. 1t is huge ro
o. nearly 100 feet high, and is said to ha
ev been there millions of years until t
rv, waves have washed a large hole into