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 are almost certain to find currents going in any direction you wish, and a skilful, once he found the current he , would simply travel with it and utilize it to help him on his way.

I would not attempt a transatlantic voyage with less than half a dozen men. That would be necessary to work the  and to allow of them sleeping in turn.

It is not easy to say before one has made the attempt how long the trip would take, but with powerful machinery the speed would be great, and the time taken at between Europe and America would  be considerably shortened. I do not regard it as impossible that with a strong and steady wind behind him—such as sweeps across the Atlantic—an aero-