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48 THE BOY TRAVELLERS.
CHAPTER III.
ON THE PACIFIC OCEAN.
OFFICERS and men were at tlieir posts, and tlie good steamer Oceanic
was ready for departure. It was a few minutes before noon.
As the i:rst note was sounded on the bell, the gangway plank was
drawn in. "One," "two," "three," "four," "five," "six," "seven,"
"eight," rang out from the sonorous metal.
The captain gave tlie order to cast off the lines. Hardly liad the echo
of his words ceased before the lines had fallen. Then he rang the signal
to the engineer, and the great screw began to revolve beneath the stern of
Dli]'AKIURE FROM SAN FKANCISCO.