d, as this is ex-tremely wearying, especially by night. When youhave got the vessel on her course, get some objectahead—a distant vessel, a cloud, a star, if no landis in sight—in line with the mast, or one of theshrouds, and steer for that; referring only occas-ionally to the compass, so as to… … ^ig. 46. quadrant-shaped piece of wood, loaded with lead atthe bottom, so that it may preserve an upright posi-tion in the water. It is attached to the log line bymeans of a bridle. The ordinary log line is 120 fathoms long. The logglass generally used is a common sand-glass, run- 102 AQUATIC…
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