Tarry at home travels . g for the young lieutenant, and atonce asked him how he would take the longitudes,and, seeing that he had a head on his shoulders,gave him a small vessel for voyages in the Gulfof Mexico and all the men he wanted. From this beginning began the system of tele-graphic longitudes which has gone so far thatnow every hydrographic bureau in the world usesthe longitudes which Uncle Sam has calculatedfrom our own observations in every ocean. Greenwas at work in his little tent on an island far away,where they had a wire to London, when someEnglish officers came in, introduced t
Tarry at home travels . g for the young lieutenant, and atonce asked him how he would take the longitudes,and, seeing that he had a head on his shoulders,gave him a small vessel for voyages in the Gulfof Mexico and all the men he wanted. From this beginning began the system of tele-graphic longitudes which has gone so far thatnow every hydrographic bureau in the world usesthe longitudes which Uncle Sam has calculatedfrom our own observations in every ocean. Greenwas at work in his little tent on an island far away,where they had a wire to London, when someEnglish officers came in, introduced themselves,and were interested in seeing the said: Why dont you get some of this todo? The whole world is to be done, and youwould like the work. To which one of them THE NEW WASHINGTON 403 replied: Get some of it to do ! How should weget it? Why/ said Green, you would go tothe Admiralty, tell them about it, and ask themto commission you. At which the Englishmanreplied, Dear Mr. Green, if we spent half as. Upper Connecticut Avenue, and Corner of Oak Lawn. much time in the Admiralty as you have spent intalking to us, we should be kicked is the difference between working in acountry where the People is the fountain of honorand the Sovereign of the nation and another 404 TARRY AT HOME TRAVELS country where you have got to tell Quogga totell Mingo to ask Sambo to ask Caesar to send upyour card to Mr. Smith to ask him to consultMr. Jones as to whether Sir Stopford Buffles willappoint a day when he can receive you. Two friends of mine, botanists, were comingup a few months ago from a botanical expeditionin the South. They missed their connection inWashington, so that they had five or six hours tostay there. Without any introduction, they wentat once to the Agricultural Department. Therethey were cordially welcomed by people who didnot know their names, I suppose. They told oftheir interest in forests, they told just what theywanted to see and to know,
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