EXPERIMENTS. 
] 9 
A. M. 
10 0. Ariel 1 mile astern, and sail shortened. 
10 30. Abreast Calais; beating Ariel by 6 minutes. 
“ Second day, April 22. 
A. M. 
4 10. Left Calais with Ariel, wind W.S.W., and fresher than on the preceding day; 
Ariel rather gaining, but on sail being set in both vessels, the Archimedes 
came in first by 5 minutes. Close hauled the whole distance; and rate, with 
sail and steam, 9| knots. 
6 42. Arrived in Dover Roads. 
ec Same day. 
8 30. Left Dover Roads with Her Majesty’s steam vessel Beaver; light winds from 
the S.W. 
9 20. One length a-head of Beaver. 
9 43. Three do. do. ; rate 9| knots; engine making 27 strokes per minute. 
10 45. Two and a-half cables’ lengths a-head of Beaver. 
11 30. Beaver made sail. 
12 0. Noon; light breezes from the S.W. Beaver frds of a mile astern. 
4 53. Arrived in Ostend Roads; beating Beaver by 4 minutes. 
“ Third day, April 23. 
A. M. 
9 0. Topmasts struck, and gaffs down, wind W.; followed in Beaver’s wake through 
the Channel. 
„ 10. Beaver a-head ^rd of a mile. 
11 30. Abreast of Dunkirk. Noon. Moderate breezes from W.N.W. Beaver 1 mile 
a-head; strokes 26, rate 8f. 
p. M. 
2 0. Made sail; Beaver 1| miles a-head; rate 9| knots. 
4 28 30. Beaver abreast of Dover Pier. 
4 37 30. Archimedes do.; 9 minutes in favour of Beaver. 
“ Fourth day, April 25. 
A. M. 
8 42. Started with Her Majesty’s steamers Beaver and Ariel; light breezes from the 
E. by N.; rate 9| knots; 27 strokes. Beaver arrived first in Roads by 2 
minutes 45 seconds; Ariel second, not quite 3 lengths a-head of Archimedes. 
11 25. Left Calais Roads in search of Her Majesty’s steamer Swallow, wdth the Ostend 
mails. 
p. M. 
12 8. Abreast of Swallow. 
2 52. Abreast of Dover Pier; Swallow about 2 lengths astern. No sail set all this day.