. Canadian Shipping and Marine Engineering January-December 1919 . tudent aspiring to a license, or ayoung officer on the bridge of a vessel,will give confidence and valued ex-perience. Work out all the methods frequentlyin the fine clear weather, then when aBelle Isle fog comes alon^r to greet you,if you get half a slant you can take ad-vantage of it and find an approximateposition. Some Chart Symbols I. — Rocks awash at low water. II. —A limited group of rocks. III. —Eddies and tide rips. IV. —Shoal banks which do not un-cover. V. —Bold land and deep water. VI. —Coral reefs. Caution In chart
. Canadian Shipping and Marine Engineering January-December 1919 . tudent aspiring to a license, or ayoung officer on the bridge of a vessel,will give confidence and valued ex-perience. Work out all the methods frequentlyin the fine clear weather, then when aBelle Isle fog comes alon^r to greet you,if you get half a slant you can take ad-vantage of it and find an approximateposition. Some Chart Symbols I. — Rocks awash at low water. II. —A limited group of rocks. III. —Eddies and tide rips. IV. —Shoal banks which do not un-cover. V. —Bold land and deep water. VI. —Coral reefs. Caution In chart A you do the work by bridgecompass, time, and log, and have notroubles with variation and deviation. In B and C. remember when usingvariation that it is a local quantity ap-plicable to all points of the compass ina stated amount, while deviation altersfor each point of the compass, and whenused in connection with bearings it isthe deviation on the ships head thatyou apply to the bearings to make themmagnetic. Be clear on that point. January, 1919 29. .aing TJie steamer and the motorship have deprived the seafarer of mvch of the old-timeromance attaching to a sailors life. The ad cent of wireless has also increased the safetyof it. Deprived of these features, a sailor is immediately dependent on his own resources,and Captain Laing gives us a true and seaman-like reflection of sea life under canvas. Thepresent feverish activity in constructing self-propelled craft affords a suitable backgroundfor incidents in a career in which gaffs, booms, tar and canvas held svjay before being dis-placed, by mechanical unloaders, derrick masts, fuel oil, coal and wire rope. CONCLUSION THE old man soon appeared on themole and hailed Hank, who wastaken ashore and introduced to oursupply dealer. This procedure allowedHank to call every morning at the storeand receive the contract amount of freshmeat and vegetables, etc., for the Mag-gie Dorrit. The purveyors name wasEnglish, and he wa
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