Show RECOVERS OCTANT LOST MANY YEARS owner recognizes it in collection of instruments REPORTED REPORT 10 LOST BY B BORROWER captain mcgray loaned leaned fine old english octant to friend 32 years ago who later reported it lost at sea owner finds it in collection in possession eIon of united states state ship ping bo board thirty two years ago capt arthur N mcgray of new york secretary of the neptune association an organization ot of captains nates mates end and pilots la in the merchant marine owned a fine english octant which had been presented to him in 1876 and which had guided him safely gately across many leagues of pathless ocean A friend galling balling out ot of us as captain mcgray also sailed in those days felt the need of a navigating instrument ment for use on a fishing trip to the grand banks and captain mcgray loaned him his octant the two mariners marinero ma pursued their respective spec tive voyages and made yet others before they met again then the bor rower of the octant reported that he could not return it as he had bad lost it 1 with his vessel at sea aca remembered it exactly captain mcgray never ceased to regret the loss of his octant which was brought to mind every time he saw a sextant its successor among ing instruments through 32 years lie he remembered exactly how bow the lost octant looked one day recently captain mcgra mcgray was at national headquarters of th tha united states shipping board recruit j ing service at the boston custo custom S W capt arthur N mcgray and his octant house when his attention was attract retract ed by a number of navigating insorn ments arranged on a table each instrument was in its own ma hocey 1109 any case pointing to one of the which was of odd shape and much weather beaten captain mcgray remarked remark td that looks ilk the case I 1 used to keep my octant in years ao ago I 1 have hav never before wen seen another like IV it opening th case cas ad d glancing at ill the instrument within ur the captain said aid that rt li IS an exact duplicate of my mj old id by the same ax peep people la is london aln had bad the th first initial of my name A carved la a ettl ivory plato plat on the tb back ot of me cae frame fram tin removed from its cm came on the back of its ita frame arax wa found a yellowed ivory plate and oa the th plat neatly carved was wa the or letter JL A his HI long LR lot lod betant then wild could be b no do doubt dolbt that wa MIS was wag captain Mc Grays loni long too icet t octant j inquiry showed that it had conr come into tb of f the th dipping bord board last lart ummer summer when henry howard Howar fl adl rector of recruiting tor for ake board la ia sued an aa appeal 0 o tim th public for con of ns instruments to toj OTer com ome a shortage in the ac school h la ilk by the department for training officers officer for the tb merchant mei mex chaat chant marine the instrument had beta been presented preBen ted to the board by william ac E tucker a gre fire department engineer of gloucester mass in response res to inquiries mr tucker stated elated that it was waa given to him years yeara ago aeo by a sailor who did not tell him where lie he got it the mystery of how it escaped the sea when lost by the man dian who borrowed it therefore could not be cleared up ur mr tucker cOu stating and the shortage of instruments for the schools having been overcome mr howard restored the instrument to its original owner who now has it in his office at 15 whitehall street new york |