Rut the Captain, after a moment's thought, unwilling that any more time should be lost, determined to cut it.

Then marking its position by fastening its end to a buoy, he could haul it up at his leisure on his return.
"Besides," said he, "the buoy will show us the precise spot where the Projectile fell." "As for that, Captain," observed Brownson, "the exact spot has been carefully recorded already: 27 deg.

7' north latitude by 41 deg.

37' west longitude, reckoning from the meridian of Washington." "All right, Lieutenant," said the Captain curtly.

"Cut the line!" A large cone-shaped metal buoy, strengthened still further by a couple of stout spars to which it was securely lashed, was soon rigged up on deck, whence, being hoisted overboard, the whole apparatus was carefully lowered to the surface of the sea.