2
13 Weather thick. 4
P.M. made stand
near St.
Catherine's. 8
P.M. anchored
close to the
Nab -- -- -- -- -- 50.13N 2.17W -- 230 SSW
[8] 7 to
8
14 Towed into
Portsmouth
Harbour -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 64 --

[Footnote 7: On Gum Mountain.]

[Footnote 8: By account.]

SUMMARY.

Steam Sail

Portsmouth to Bombay 3,040 miles 4,046 miles.
Bombay to Macassar 4,585 " 2,509 "
Macassar to Adelaide 601 " 3,256 "
Adelaide to Port Darwin 976 " 3,285 "
Port Darwin to Cape of Good Hope 1,047 " 5,622 "
Cape of Good Hope to Portsmouth 831 " 6,668 "
------ ------
11,080 " 25,386 "

Total distance under steam and sail, 36,466 miles.

* * * * *

(B) _THE CRUISE OF THE 'SUNBEAM.'_

REPRINTED FROM THE 'TIMES' OF DECEMBER 15, 1887.

The 'Sunbeam' reached Portsmouth Harbour on Wednesday after her long
voyage of 36,000 nautical miles among the British Possessions in all
parts of the world. We are enabled to give the following short account
of this very interesting cruise.

For certain duties of the navy, such as protection of the revenue,
supervision of fisheries, the police of the Pacific, instruction in
pilotage, small vessels are required which will be thoroughly
seaworthy, capable under sail of taking full advantage of the winds,
and in calms making fair speed under steam with a low consumption of
fuel. It is believed that such a type is represented in the 'Sunbeam,'
and that her performances during an extended cruise recently completed
may be of interest in a naval point of view.

The principal dimensions of the hull and spars of the 'Sunbeam' are as
follows:--Length between perpendiculars, 137 ft.; beam, 27 ft. 6 in.;
depth of hold, 13 ft. 9 in.; displacement in tons, 576; sail area in
square yards, 9,200.

In fourteen years of active cruising in all parts of the world the
seaworthiness of the 'Sunbeam' has been thoroughly tested. Ne