From the Earth to the Moon direct in ninety-seven hours and twenty minutes, and a trip round it . na, a corvette of 500 horse-power, of theUnited States navy, was occupied in taking soundings in thePacific Ocean about 200 miles off the American coast, followingthat long peninsula which stretches down the coast of NewMexico. The wind had dropped by degrees. There was no disturbancein the air. Their pennant hung motionless from the maintop-gallant-mast truck. Captain Jonathan Blomsberry (cousin-german of Colonel]>lomsberry, one of the most aident supporters of the Gun Club,who had married an
From the Earth to the Moon direct in ninety-seven hours and twenty minutes, and a trip round it . na, a corvette of 500 horse-power, of theUnited States navy, was occupied in taking soundings in thePacific Ocean about 200 miles off the American coast, followingthat long peninsula which stretches down the coast of NewMexico. The wind had dropped by degrees. There was no disturbancein the air. Their pennant hung motionless from the maintop-gallant-mast truck. Captain Jonathan Blomsberry (cousin-german of Colonel]>lomsberry, one of the most aident supporters of the Gun Club,who had married an aunt of the captain and daughter of auhonourable Kentucky merchant,)—Captain Blomsberry could nothave Avished for finer weather in which to bring to a close hisdelicate operations of sounding. His corvette had not even feltthe great tempest, which by sweeping away the groups of cloudson the Rocky Mountains, had allowed them to observe the courseof the famous projectile. Everything went well, and with all the fervour of a Presby-terian, ho did not forget to thank heaven for it. The series of. I FANCY I SEE THEM. [p. 301.] THE SOUNDINGS OF THE SUSQUEHANNA. 30I soundings taken by the Susquehanna, had for its aim tho find-ing of a favourable spot for tho hiying of a submarine cable foconnect the Hawaian Islanvls with the coast of America. It Avas a great undertaking, due to the instigation of a powerfulcompany. Its managing director, the intelligent Cyrus Field,purposed even covering all the islands of Oceania with a vastelectrical network, an immense enterprise, and one worthy ofAmerican genius. To the corvette Susquehanna had been confided the firstoperations of sounding. It was on the night of the 11th—12thDecember, she was in exactly 27° 7 north lat., and 41° 37west long., on the meridian of Washington. The moon, then in her last quarter, was beginning to rise abovethe horizon. After the departure of Captain Blomsberry, the lieutenant andsome officers w^ere standing toget
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