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Show tltilest Mill" Afloat. M There Is nt present lying at New- 'H castle a schooner wbjrh is supposed to WU bo tho oldest ship of tier kind sailing jl under tho Union Jack. Her name Is jB tho Dart; she was built at Carnarvon H seventy-eight yenrs ago, and over since fM has been In constant employment. At -jH oue tlmo sho sailed between Carnarvon "M and Liverpool; sho Is now engaged in !M tho coasting trade between Arbroath M and ports on the northeast coast of M England. H The Dart has another distinction be- jH sides her age. She Is manned by the ,H oldest crew sailing the high seas. The tH captain Is seventy, tho mate seventy ...- IM two, tho cook soventy-ono nud a sea- . H man slxty-onu- a total of 3S2. They M have been with tho Dart for torn H years; and were all boys together. PI St. James's Gazette. ,, m |