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"TAE MARINE REVIEW 31 itself into a torpedo destroyer coming full speed toward usin a smother of foam. We all felt pretty sick, and had visions of durance vile in a Japanese prison, with rice as a staple diet, as the laws which we had infringed were many ; but to our surprise the destroyer merely steamed up slow- ly alongside, and after scanning the ship closely she crossed our bows and headed back for Hakodate, her mission evidently having been to identify us. We natural- ly expected to have further visitants with the "Rising Sun" flag floating over them, and the ease with which we I & BD ie INI ll aed Bd Noch! FIG. 2 SHOWING THE REPAIRS MADE, had been overtaken convinced us that we had no chance of escape if they desired to detain us; but we saw nothing further of them, and eighteen days later we arrived at Singapore, with the northwest monsoons driving behind - us, and there we went into the graving dock, where we had the bottom patched up for our long run to the Pacific coast. Fig. 1 shows one of the valves of the circulating pump, V being the valve, G the guard, H the grating. Fig. 2 shows the repair made, I being the clamp. Hecke MODERN NAVIGATION. When Mr. Harry Coulby, president and general manager of the Pittsburg Steamship Co., established free schools under the supervision of Capt. J. M. Fields in a number of cities for the masters of his vessels whereby they- might obtain instruction in practical navigation and compass adjustment, he set a great many vessel owners, and also a great many: 'masters, thinking. Probably at no time on the great lakes has the subject of scientific navigation occupied so much -- attention. The modern lake steamer costs a great deal of money, some of them approximating $500,000, and conse- quently anything that makes for the safety of the ship has become of much importance. Lake masters are becoming navigators in the real sense of the word and it will become increasingly true as the years go by. For that reason any work which tends to simplify the problems now confronting the masters of vessels is to be welcomed. One of the best works on the subject of navigation is a book entitled Taylor's Modern Navigation, published by Capt. Henry Taylor, of San Francisco, and sold by the Marine Review. In his work Capt. Taylor begins at the beginning. The work is so com- prised as to be a complete text book for the beginner and a source of much profit to a well seasoned navigator as well. The aim of the author has been to write. a work on navigation that should so simplify all the problems involved in the art that, no matter how limited his education, the stu- dent, if he is only able to read and write, may attain a high degree of efficiency as a navigator. The simplicity of the work is at once apparent. The four first divisions of arith- metic are first considered, and thus by easy stages the student is led up to the more difficult problems, and all is explained in the simplest language. Every problem is fully illustrated, and numerous examples are given for practice. There is an almost entire absence of algebraical signs, so confusing to. the ordinary beginner. As a work of reference, the arrangement is such that any subject treated, or any problem worked, may be readily found. This feature will be appreciated by those that may have become "rusty." For the use of the modern navigator, methods are given whereby may be obtained the position of the ship, at any time of the day or night, by single and double altitudes of the sun, stars, and planets. For find- ing the deviation of the compass, instances are given that will be found applicable to any case, no matter what the class of the vessel may be. In this connection a description is given of the different kinds of the pelorus on the market, and of the other instruments used in the taking of bearings and azimuths, with rules for their use. The subjects of chart work and coast navigation have been exhaustively treated, and many matters related thereto, with which seamen are not generally familiar, have been introduced, such as the proper application and use of deviation when taking bearings and finding the course to steer. Tides, and the time of their occurrence, with reductions to soundings (very useful in find- ing the depth of water when crossing a shallow bar), are con- sidered in a separate division. The difficult subject of com- pass adjustment is treated in an entirely original manner, - all problems being worked by the four simple rules of arith- metic. A valuable feature of this division of the work is. the diagrams in colors. Very little study of this division on the part of the navigator will enable him to compensate his vessel's compasses himself. The entire work is written with the special object in view of encouraging the American seamen to take advantage of the numerous publications of the United States Hydrographic Office--publications, which may be procured for less than their cost to the government and of the very existence of which sO many seamen are entirely ignorant. Since the first an- rouncement of the publication of the work, the author has been encouraged by the demand for copies from the Atlantic coast, from the great lakes, as well as from the entire length of the Pacific coast, assuriff¥ him of the correctness of his judgment in -its publication. The price of this work is $6. * Capt. Edward J. Starkey, Ashtabula, O., has just published a very useful little book known as Starkey's Pilot's Guide and Ready Reference for use on the great lakes. Briefly, the book comprises the courses, distances, ranges, shoals and bearings, lights and fog whistles on Lake Erie, Detroit river, Lake St. Clair, St. Clair river, Lake Huron, Straits of Mackinaw, Lake Michigan, Green Bay, Sault Ste. Marie river, White Fish Bay and Lake Superior. It also gives the lead line direction for passing buoys, signals' for the United States mail boat at Detroit, weather bureau wind signals, variation, deviation, local attraction and fore point bearings. It is an extremely useful compilation for young men on lake vessels and it is reasonably sure that it will be greatly appreciated by them. Mr. Starkey has received a number of endorse- ments of the work from vessel owners. The price of the book is $1.50. It is for sale by the Martine Review. . Antonio C. Pessano, president and general manager of the Great Lakes Engineering Works, Detroit, announces that the steamer Lycoming which the company took over from thé Anchor line, has been sold to Capt. James O'Connor, of Tonawanda, N. Y. She will be converted into a single deck lumber carrier.