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Dick
Sand
was
then
captain
of
the
"
Pilgrim
,
"
and
,
without
losing
an
instant
,
he
took
the
necessary
measures
for
putting
the
ship
under
full
sail
.
It
was
well
understood
that
the
passengers
could
have
only
one
hope
--
that
of
reaching
some
part
of
the
American
coast
,
if
not
Valparaiso
.
What
Dick
Sand
counted
on
doing
was
to
ascertain
the
direction
and
speed
of
the
"
Pilgrim
,
"
so
as
to
get
an
average
.
For
that
,
it
was
sufficient
to
make
each
day
on
the
chart
the
way
made
,
as
it
has
been
said
,
by
the
log
and
the
compass
.
There
was
then
on
board
one
of
those
"
patent
logs
,
"
with
an
index
and
helix
,
which
give
the
speed
very
exactly
for
a
fixed
time
.
This
useful
instrument
,
very
easily
handled
,
could
render
the
most
useful
services
,
and
the
blacks
were
perfectly
adapted
to
work
it
.
A
single
cause
of
error
would
interfere
--
the
currents
.
To
combat
it
,
reckoning
would
be
insufficient
;
astronomical
observations
alone
would
enable
one
to
render
an
exact
calculation
from
it
.
Now
,
those
observations
the
young
novice
was
still
unable
to
make
.
For
an
instant
Dick
Sand
had
thought
of
bringing
the
"
Pilgrim
"
back
to
New
Zealand
.
The
passage
would
be
shorter
,
and
he
would
certainly
have
done
it
if
the
wind
,
which
,
till
then
,
had
been
contrary
,
had
not
become
favorable
.
Better
worth
while
then
to
steer
for
America
.
In
fact
,
the
wind
had
changed
almost
to
the
contrary
direction
,
and
now
it
blew
from
the
northwest
with
a
tendency
to
freshen
.
It
was
then
necessary
to
profit
by
it
and
make
all
the
headway
possible
.
So
Dick
Sand
prepared
to
put
the
"
Pilgrim
"
under
full
sail
.
In
a
schooner
brig-rigged
,
the
foremast
carries
four
square
sails
;
the
foresail
,
on
the
lower
mast
;
above
,
the
top-sail
,
on
the
topmast
;
then
,
on
the
top-gallant
mast
,
a
top-sail
and
a
royal
.
The
mainmast
,
on
the
contrary
,
has
fewer
sails
.
It
only
carries
a
brigantine
below
,
and
a
fore-staffsail
above
.
Between
these
two
masts
,
on
the
stays
which
support
them
at
the
prow
,
a
triple
row
of
triangular
sails
may
be
set
.
Finally
,
at
the
prow
,
on
the
bowsprit
,
and
its
extreme
end
,
were
hauled
the
three
jibs
.
The
jibs
,
the
brigantine
,
the
fore-staff
,
and
the
stay-sails
are
easily
managed
.
They
can
be
hoisted
from
the
deck
without
the
necessity
of
climbing
the
masts
,
because
they
are
not
fastened
on
the
yards
by
means
of
rope-bands
,
which
must
be
previously
loosened
.
