Edinburgh, Feb. 25, During its brief stay at Grange-mouth in the Firth of Forth, the German rotor ship, the Buckai was visited by a large number of shipping specialists. It is notable that these authorities are very reticent in their opinions ax to this new type of seagoing craft. The general iden seems to be that with Labour-saving appliances, with diminished Liability to decay, and with a rising pelew of coal, the silinae vowel is mot likely to. dis appear set auehile front the Whether to any the style sailings ship wi lartely replaced by the rotor vessel will depend on a number of points which have yet to be cleared up. The ssuuing master will want to ask questions of vital importance. One of these will be ax to the behaviour of a rotor ship in a gale, In the suiling ship, sail can be taken in to suit the strength of the breeze. The vessel can run under storm try nail, or she can be have to, or: ride at a sea anchor. The rotor ship cannot furl her rotors. They present the same area in a gale is in the lightest breeze. re informed that when they cease to revolve the action of the wind is [decreased tenfold. This, at least, is natural deduction from the statement that the rotor towers in one-tenth of the urea of the original sail area of the Buckau, and yet, when revolving Jat the appropriate speed, they give the same efficiency. It is also state ed that the rotors weigh considerably less than the weight of the 1 masts, yards, and sails. It is dificult to believe, however, that even one-tenth ofthe sail aren would offer no more resistance to a gale than the bare poles Jof the throe-masted schooner. A Jquestion of seamanship arises here. Would it be possible to lay a rotor} ship to, in a gale, as comfortably as the ordinary sailing vessel? The times of Robert Burns. It is in five scenes each of which depicts a phase of the, life of the pact or fan aspect of "Scottish life. As Presented in Glasgow last week they formed appropriate setting for the songs and poems of Burns, a large number of which were sung and recited. The first scene showa typical farmer's house at harvest time. It was followed by 1 Hallowe'en scene with an ancient traditional guizard's play. Then "The Cottar's Saturday Night" was acted in dumb show, while Burn: verses were spoken by one of the Jcompany. Burns's reception at the house of the Duchess of Gordon in Edinburgh was the subject of the next scene, and the programme concluded with "A Nicht of Guid Fellowship" at Dumfries, with the Poet the central figure of a merry
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