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...shell designed for the University crew by Mr. Clinton H. Crane was tried for the first time yesterday afternoon. The boat is finer at the bow, wider in the stern, and much more shallow than those built on the old model. The shell is not expected to have extraordinary speed. But it was calculated that if the lines could be made some-what finer without rendering the boat correspondingly unsteady an increase of speed amounting to a couple of seconds in the mile would result. In yesterday's trial the boat appeared to be very steady. Although it is fully...
Since the last report, soundings of great interest and scientific value have been made. One haul reached a depth of 4173 fathoms, and the discovery was made that a variety of sponge, found hitherto only in comparatively shallow water, exists at this great depth...
Part of Dr. Agassiz's work has consisted in sounding and trawling in shallow and deep water for animal life. The result of the trawls were, however, very barren, both outside and inside the lagoons. The temperature of the water at 500 fathoms was found to be quite generally 40 degrees Farenheit. During the trip many photographs of the structure and mode of formation of the Paumotu Islands have been taken, and Mr. Mayer has devoted much time to drawing the medusae which have been collected...
...conflict, but this misfortune is unavoidable. It was impossible for the races to be rowed yesterday afternoon, because by the time the wind had died down sufflciently, the tide was too low to admit of a fair race. The crews next the wall would have been in shallow water, and thus at a manifest disadvantage. In addition, the outside crews would have been favored by the full strength of the current. Neither could the races be rowed tomorrow, on account of the dual games with Pennsylvania. The adverse tides during the early part of next week would preclude a race...
...strong, and the Confederates, relying on their 126 guns, and the heavy obstruction of schooners chained together, kept but a small reserve land force. Notwithstanding such odds against a wooden fleet, Farragut attacked at once. The barrier was broken by a small vessel which slipped around the end in shallow water, and burst through from above by the aid of the current. The fleet kept on and the result was the famous battle which ended in the destruction of Fort Jackson and the rebel fleet, with but slight damage to the Union forces. The heroism of Farragut...