Show quickest passage oa on record between england and california oa on the ibe day following the arrival of the clip pe per r bar bark I 1 greenfield capt D B A follansbee in in I 1 ili iii I 1 I 1 day is 11 from liverpool we mention ot of her arrival but the extraordinary peed speed of the vessel and her passage being the llort shortest ever made between england and california demands more than a passing para graph it will be interesting to our nautical readers to note nute the position of the ship it during her long journey as its well as to observe the I 1 in which she crossed the equator the lle lie ship has not only made a quick return passage but she bhe has made the voyage hence to 1 1 liverpool and back in in short time she left here on the of may 1655 at it 11 0 r r c ock a in and aft after er remaining 63 days in in liverpool dropped her er anchor on the return trip C ru a the mat having made the voy voyage age in 27 2 7 days or sailing days and 63 lay days in in Lver liverpool pool her passage to liverpool was also one of rf the quickest on record capt follansbee on that trip trin tri deviated from fro m the course usually pursued by ship masters 1 I and and instead of crossing the equator on the atlantic side in in ion lop 26 or 28 W and thereby avoiding the calm of the horse latitudes sn in which many fast sailing clippers are deta detained inid for rne roe or two weeks As an illustration of this PC licy llcy capt F rounded cape horn norn on the trip to Liver liverpool in in company witha crack arneri american cl ship from callao bound to cork for ordera the shin crossed the equator in ion 26 W but cat capt IF in the greenfield crossed as far to the westward aa as 30 th the result was that he arrived at liver liverpool col eel twenty figur gour four days sooner tinn linn his hia competitor capt F ii a zealous advocate odthe of the amaury laury system and attributes his extraordinary good fortune to i a strict adherence to the rules laid down by that distinguished navigator lt Maury recommends the mariner to keep cape st roque close aboard the old plan was to steer far to the east eastward waid to avoid the cape if possible capt F thinks that lt maury has done more for science of navigation than any other man living but dut our object is particular ly y to refer to the return passage of the green field she left the dock at liverpool at 10 a am in on the morning odthe of the of november the last land she saw was st davids head nead on the welsh coast in the bristol channel ilet her position on each succeeding tenth day was mas as i lows tows I 1 I 1 0 1 I 0 1 I dec 2 lat 30 10 N ion lon on 21 ag W 12 1 12 05 lt 11 23 30 11 61 1 l 22 12 53 S 11 34 32 69 jan 2 33 43 49 11 47 33 49 66 12 11 47 57 it it ga 05 69 94 22 16 54 10 14 69 79 60 49 feb 3 2 11 33 51 11 it 6 45 4 11 12 16 14 31 91 91 08 11 22 19 4 34 N is ill ili 27 it mitch 3 11 20 30 it ia 15 cc 13 arrived at san sao francisco francisca the anchor was dropped off clarks darks point at 7 0 clock a am m civil time the ship thip crossed uie hie line in in the pacific in ion 1103 lioa W and in 30 15 W in iche athe atlantic she experienced a number of calm spells which it required all her speed and the f kill skill of her bom hom commander mander to make up when the sails were full the best days run made vas in the south atlantic when llen lien 43 days out at which time the vessel ran miles with a strong breeze from the N N E her best run for any number of consecutive days was as follows this was in the north pacifier Paci gip fir with ibe the brisk N E trades friday frilay feb fek 29 miles saturday march I 1 11 standa sanday sunday gic fic 2 lt 1 l monday 94 3 tuesday 11 4 t wednesday 41 5 tl 1203 miles tha the G d under her present commander has made three passages differ ing only twelve hours in time alta aita alta alia cal |