MAGNETIC SURVEY YACHT.
. _ - ..., DEPARTUIiE OF THE GALILEE. - tsv TEiiEuliii'ii—ritEso .isabcuicioK.) . Chrjstchiirch, January '17. Thb Carnegie Institution's tiiagiietic' survey yacht Galilee left Lyttelton this hlbi'niVig fbV Callao aiid San Diego, in order to bbiii'pleti her cruise of tile Pacific. A number bf tho friends of the scientists ar.sombled on the . wharf to bid, farewell to tho party. There was a fresh southerly wind blowing, and thb little vessel commenced to set canvas as soon as slio was clear of the breakwater. A fewminutes later the Galilee' had cleared the heads under a cloud of canvas. The Galileo has n long stretch of (iOOO odd miles to cover before she. reaches Callhb, aiid she is expected to occupy about- forty or sixty days on tho passage. She will afterwards proceed to l-j.'iu Diego, and .Sail .Kriilieiseo to complete her cruise. Commander Peters, in conversation with a reporter a few miilutes hei'ore the vessel's departure) said that he aiid his party, had spent a very pleasant .time in Christcliurcli and Lyttelton. Everybody had been extremely kind, aliil he desired to express his great appreciation of the hospitality extended to tho members bf thb expedition.
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 98, 18 January 1908, Page 7
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