The Washington times., 1912-03-30
TINES
The Second Deluge eARRErFk 2 2: srRxIss
S ERIAL STORY.


| longitude 60 degrees east latitude 96
degrees north.
Then you have worked your traverse
over Beluchistan very WELL" said Cosmo.
"and we are now atioat above the val
lev of the River Indus. We have he
desert of Northwestern India ahead, and
from that locality we can continue right
down the course of the Ganges. In fact,
it would be perfectly safe to turn north
ward and skirt the Himalayas within
reach OF the high peeks. | think that's
what Iii do"
! IF YOU so fooling round any more
peaks" shouted Captain Arms, in fog
| horn voice, you'll have to do your own
steering! I've had enough of that kind
| of navigation!"
Nevertheless when Cosmo Versal gave
| the order the captain turned the prov
| Of the Ark toward the presumable loca-
! They were now entirely DcVOnd the IN
! t1uence of the whirl that had at ArSt
Sot them into trouble, and then helped
! them out of it IN Western Asia.
Behind the barrier of the ancient
! Roof of the World" the sea was rela-
! lively calm, although, at times, they
| felt the effect of currents pouring down
from the north. which had made their
way through the lofty passes from the
| Tibetan side.
: Cosmo calculated from his estimate
of the probable rate Of rise of the flood
| and from the direction and force of the
| currents that all but the very highest
OF the Pamirs must already be sub
| merged.
1t was probable. he thought. that the
water had attained a level of between
| 1000 and 1900 feet. This, as subsequent
events indicated was undoubtedly an
underestimate. The downfall in the
| north must have been far greater than
Cosmo supposed, and the real height Of
| the flood was considerably in excess Of
| what he supposed.
If they could have seen some OF the
Lotto NIT nh n1 n
| mountains in the eastern Punjab, south
| Of Cashmere, they would have been
| aware of the error.
AS it was, owing to the impossibility
| of seeing more than a short distance
| even when the light was brightest, they
| kept farther south than was really nee
| essary, and after passing, as they be-
| lieved over Delhi. steered south by east
following substantially the course that
| Cosmo had originally named along the
! line of the Ganges valley.
1ney were vOyaging much slower now:
| and after another ten days had passed
an unexpected change came on. The
downpOur diminished in severity, and at
! times the sun broke forth, and for an
| ly. although the sky had coppery tinge,
and at night small stars were not clear
! ly visible
Cosmo was greatly surprised at this.
! He could only conclude that the CEN
tral part of the nebula had been less
| extensive, though more dense than he
ad estimated. 1t was only thirty-four
! DAYS since the deluge had recommended,
and unless present appearances were
deceptive, its end might be close at
! hand.
Captain Arms seized the, opportunity
to make celestial anil solar ohserVa-
lions which delighted his seaman $
neart and with great glee he informed
Cosmo that they wera in Longitude rs
degrees 20 minutes east. latitude p de,
Rrers Il minutes north and he Woul1
| stake his reputation as 4 naVlgat or
,"Ennost exactly the location Of Moo
sultlng his chart The mighty peak Of
| I[unchinGunGa Is hardly more than 200
miles toward the north, and MI. Ever
est. the highest point in the world is
within q hundred miles of that!
Put you're not going skimrinS
around ther!" cried the captain, with
some alarm
present condition, 90 rs far as Darlcel-
ing" replied CosmO. Then we can turn
eastward and get over upper Hurmah
and So on into China From there we
can turn nOrth again.
II think we can manage to get into
Tibet sOmewher" between the ranges. It
dll depends uuOn the height of the
hv getting n Close look at Kunciingun-
"a. 7 would fnllOw the line of the
Rrahmaputr2 river 4 I dared, but the
wav is too beset with perlls."
II think you've made a bic mistake,
said the captain "WhY didn't YOU come
directly across Russia, after first rum
ming M To the Black sea from the Med.
!tcrrlnean. and so straight into Tihet?"
II begin to think that that's what I
oISr' IL have done" replied CosnIO,
tnoughtfullv, but when we started the
water v;.s not high CROUCH to make ma
sure of that route, and after We =ot
down into EgNpt [ didn't want to run
back. But ! guess II would have been
hettrr"