. Narrative of the expedition of an American squadron to the China seas and Japan. ainst Sailing Vessels.—Probable Insufficiency against an Approach from the West by Steam.—De-parture from St. Helena. N leaving the capes of the Chesa-peake, the wind for ten days wasstrong from the southward; itthen changed to N. N. E., makinga heavy wallowing sea; andthen, hauling to the westward, blewwith such violence as to render theship uncomfortable. She, however,sustained the high opinion theCommodore entertained of her goodqualities, behaving (as she alwayshad done) most admirably, and av-eraging more t
. Narrative of the expedition of an American squadron to the China seas and Japan. ainst Sailing Vessels.—Probable Insufficiency against an Approach from the West by Steam.—De-parture from St. Helena. N leaving the capes of the Chesa-peake, the wind for ten days wasstrong from the southward; itthen changed to N. N. E., makinga heavy wallowing sea; andthen, hauling to the westward, blewwith such violence as to render theship uncomfortable. She, however,sustained the high opinion theCommodore entertained of her goodqualities, behaving (as she alwayshad done) most admirably, and av-eraging more than seven knots dur-ing the whole passage. Thoughunusually deep in the water, but eight of her twelve furnaces were putin requisition, and her daily consumption of Cumberland coal was abouttwenty-six tons. After crossing the Gulf stream a southwestern current of about a knotper hour was experienced; and this continued until the ship was within athousand miles of Madeira, when it ceased entirely. No other current wasobserved during the remainder of the passage to the ,,,lli,l, life * if i) i i!i:i iWlii I I: .? iii
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