The Washington times., 1912-03-12

THE SECOND DEIUGE GARRETT p srRvls
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mine the position of the Ark, although
he smiled at the thought OF their absurd
Inaccuracy. Still. 1t was the best they
could do and was better than nothing
at all.
They Kept a log going, also; although,
as the captain pointed out, 1t was not
Of much use to know how fast they
were travelling, since they could not
know the precise direction within
whole point of the compass or. perhaps.
several points.
"Eesides." he remarked what do we
know of the currents? This is not the
old Atlantic, If l could teei the Guit
hut these currents come from all direc-
tions. and man might as well trY 10
navigate in a tub ne boiling water,
eastward" said COsmo. MY idea Is
first 10 make enough southing to get
into the latitude ot .he Sahara desert
and then run directly east so as to
tains. and where we shall be certain OF
having plenty Of water under our keel
"Then. having got somewhere in the
neighborh0Od of SucZ. we can steer
down into the region OF the Indian
ocean and circle round south of the
Himalayas want 70 keep an eye on
those mountains and stay around the
place where they disappear, because
10 emerge from the food, and 1t Is there
that we shall ultimately make land, -,
''WeI. we're averaging eight knots,
said the captain, and at that rate we
ought to be in the longitude or the
African coast in about twenty days. S,s
How high will the water stand them
my. gauges show" replied Cosno,
"that the regular fall amounts to eN-
actly the same thing as at the begin
ning-two inches minute. or course,
the spouts increase the amount To-
callv; but | don't think that they
add materially to the general rise
of the flood. Two inches per minute
That'H be sufficient to make safe nav
nortRern rs%tiD Africa. Wen have to be
careful in getting out into the Indian
ocean area for there are, mountains
on both sides that might give Us
trouble: but the higher ones VIII still
be in sight. and they will serve TO In
diCate the location OF the lower
ranges already submerged, but not
covered deeply enough to afford safe
going over them"
"AI right" sail Captain Arms, you
are the commodore; but II we don't
hang our timbers on the mountains
of the moon, or the Alps, or old Ar
arat I'm a porpoise. Why can't you
keep circling round at safe distance
in the middle of the Atlantic, until
all these reefs, get a good depth of
water on 'em?"
Because" Cosmo replied, "even if
we keep right on row 1t will proba
bly, take two months, allowing for de-
| lays in getting round dangerous
| places, 30 come within sight of the
Himalayas, and in two months the
| food will have risen nearly 10000
feet. thus hiding many of the land
marks " we should hold off here a
| couple OF months before starting east
ward, nothing but the one highest
peak on the GloOe would be left in
! sight by the time we arrived there
| and that wouldn't be anything more
| than a rock, so that. with the uncer-
/ tainty of our navigation, we might
not b. able to find it at all. must
! know the spot where Tibet sinks. and
| then manage to keep in its nCighbor-
| hood"
/ "Give me a safe port, with lights
! and bearings, and I'll undertake to hit
! IL anywhere in the two hemtspheres
| but blow me If l fancy steering fOI
/ the top of the world by dead reckon
ing, or no reckoning at all"
At night, of course, they had no