to get off the jetty before noon as a strong on shore wind starts blowing every afternoon during the cyclone season and then dies away soon after sunset. "I went ashore to have a look at the place. It was very small, and one could see it all in twenty minutes. A few houses for the Europeans looked very attractive. For the remainder, the natives lived in shacks which appeared to consist of pieces of wood tied together with coir yarn. How they stood up is still a mystery to me. "Morombe is not a nice place to visit for the first time. The ship has to pass between two reefs keeping leading marks in line right ahead and then as another pair of beacons come in line on the port side to alter course quickly to bring them in line astern. One has to go in at a fair speed to counteract the strong current. We were fortunate in arriving an the top of high water and so could not see the reefs. When low water came along it was rather scaring to see how the reefs extended, and the small gap the ship had to pass through. The width of the entrance channel is about 500 feet—not sufficient room for a ship to turn round. At night there are no lights to give a check on the anchor bearings, and so we kept the radar switched on." A
SANDSTORM OFF CAPE BOJADOR.
"At about 0500 hours, 5th February, we were in the vicinity of Cape Bojardor, when it became very hazy, and by 0600 hours we were experiencing a sandstorm. This lasted till 0200 hours the following morning. Visibility varied from twa miles to nil and it was necessary to slow down at times and to use the steam whistle. We passed five miles off Grand Canary but never had a glimpse of land. The entire ship was covered with a dirty yellow sand. Despite having all windows and doors closed, the sand was everywhere. We were 120 miles off the coast of the Sahara and altogether we travelled 315 miles in a northerly direction before getting clear."
CAREERS The Public Schools Appointments Bureau in a recent Bulletin referred to 1958 as an engineering year as far as their activities are concerned. Certainly the Bulletins, Short Works Courses, and Careers Masters' Conventions have a very strong engineering flavour and the Bureau makes no apology for this bias. While, in the schools, we must try to avoid a lack of balance in careers information and advice, there is no doubt that in engineering, properly-qualified Public Schoolboys can find demanding and rewarding careers. Most good openings are, of course, for boys with scientific and mathematical ability as shown by "0" or, preferably, "A" level results, but there is also considerable scope for boys who are following non-scientific courses 32
