COPYRIGHTED, 1876-1880, BY G. & B. RENEWED, 1904-1907, BY GEORGE BARRIE & SONS COPYRIGHTED, 1913, BY GEORGE BARRIE & SONS In sailing across the ocean, if we attempt to measure the depth of the water in different places, we shall find that it varies very much. There are hardly two places in which it is exactly the same. In some places it is easy enough to find the bottom. In others, it is necessary to lengthen the line greatly before it can be reached. And then there are other places where the water is so deep that the longest line ordinarily used cannot reach to the bottom. We know that there _is_ a bottom, but it is very hard to get down to it.…
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