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...latter is made double instead of with an outrigger. The boat is caulked with gum, which is protected by strips of palm, and the various portions of the hull are fastened together by ropes of cocoanut fibre. All the cordage is made of this same fibre. The large lateen sail is made of strips of pandanas leaf, sewed together with narrow strips of the same leaf...
...would be very roomy for a party of twenty. The chief aim of this expedition will be to combine geological sight-seeing with as much serious exploration as possible. If any of the party desire to hunt they will be put ashore where it is desired. The party will sail on or about June 25th, and return about September...
...with the adventures of Leif Ericsson in his voyage to North America in the year 1000. The first act is laid Norway in that year. Biarna returns from his trip to the westward and his vivid description of the strange, new region he has seen causes Leif to set sail on a similar voyage of discovery. History is followed exactly and the costumes, designed by the Norwegian artist Born, are true to the life of that period in Norway...
Professor Peirce, who has been suffering from the effects of an attack of typhoid fever since last spring, was able to sail for England in the fall. He received some benefit from the trip, but is not yet well enough to make the journey to the south of Europe, which he has contemplated; he is still in England...
Dean Fremantle will leave Cambridge for New York this morning and will sail for England at noon tomorrow on the "Germanic...