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Show "lw " ' SMALL BOAT ON A LONG JOURNEY Boston, tto. 17. Amid the shrieks of slrons of all manner of steam cralts. the little fishing schooner Athens, fitted with 100 horsepower auxiliary cnglno.backed out of her berth at Commercial wharf early today to-day and headed for Seattle. lG.nno miles away, to enter tho halibut fishing fish-ing Industry. The voyage will bo tho longest ever undertaken from this port by a vessel of this size,. Captain Edward Brewer and his crew of elov-en elov-en men oxpoct to arrive at their destination des-tination in four months. Nn stops will bo made on the way. The Athena Is a new boat of the "knockabout" variety. It carries provisions pro-visions to feed all hanJs for six months. Captain Brewor hopes In ?. week or two to overhaul the Victor Sc Ethan, a large schooner which left a week ago, also for Seattuo, and so have company across tho thousands of miles of lonely ocean. oo |