In the course of the conversation, Knight said that, owing to the quality of the coal, his engineers had been quite unable to heap a head of steam, with the result that positions of difficulty had repeatedly een encountered. Hugging the coast as the Cassum necessarily had to do, it was essential that complete control be possible at all times, as, with the heavy awolls running and with strong winds, the light ship drawing only four feet needed the maximum of power in dealing with the various situations rhe atone in the course of the We all but capsized in the swell and then the wind drove us towards the rocks and we were fortunate in not crashing," said Captain Knight, Capt, Mather thought that the Cassum would only proceed on her voyage from Wenchow to Hongkong in daylight and would select suit able anchorages to spend the hours of night. As is now known, the B- vessel remained in Wenchow' for five days due no doubt to the inability of Capt. Knight to obtain suitable bunkers and observation, of weather reports.
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