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till they had passed the mountain at the mouth of the river. The captain laid the course north-west half-west; and this was to be the course for half the distance to Point Cambodia, as he remarked to Louis, who was at his side observing the progress of the yacht. "How do you spell that word, Captain Scott?" asked Louis. "Just as I spelled it when I went to school, and it is so put down on my chart; but I noticed in Black's "Atlas" that it was spelled Camboja instead of Cambodia," replied Scott. "I am a sailor, and I stick to the chart." "I see that Captain Rayburn has laid his course; how does it agree with yours, Captain?" inquired Louis, when they were a mile off the mountain. "I should say that it was identically the same. I will hail him." "North-west half-west," was the answer returned by the captain of the Delhi. "I make it the same," replied Scott. The cabin party were summoned to dinner at this time, and Clingman was called to the wheel. "What's the bill of fare to-day?" asked Scott as he took his seat at the table. "Baked fish and roast venison," replied Pitts, "with plum-duff." "Very good," returned the captain. "We don't get so much breeze off here as we did yesterday, Louis." "It does not look at all rough off at sea," added the captain. "But when we get Cape Datu on the beam, we may feel it more." The Delhi had not yet set her foresail, for she was schooner-rigged, and there was not wind enough to help her much; all the rest of the day the two craft kept abreast of each other, as they had in coming down the river. After supper the watches were arranged for the night. The captain, with Clingman and Lane, had the first, or starboard watch, while Morris, the mate, had the port watch, with Wales and Clinch. Louis and Felix were appointed second engineers, as the seamen on board relieved them from duty as deck-hands; and the three in that department were to keep four-hour watches, like the officers and seamen. Achang wanted something to do; and he was given the berth of second mate, and as such he served in charge of the captain's watch. CHAPTER XVI AN EXCITING RACE IN THE CHINA SEA Everything worked as smoothly on board of the Blanchita as though she had been in commission for years, for there was not a green hand in the cabin or forecastle. The experience obtained by the "Four" in the Maud had made them proficients in the duties of their present positions. Louis and
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