The Beginning

  ONCE AGAIN WE EMBARK ON A VOYAGE.  PRIOR ATTEMPTS PROVED EMBARRASINGLY FRUITLESS, AND YIELDED LITTLE MORE THAN A BRIEF EXCURSION ALONG THE COAST ONLY TO RETURN TO PORT BEFORE EVEN THE GULLS HAD LANDED.  WE SHALL SEE, AND TIME WILL DUTIFULLY TELL, WHAT IS TO COME OF THIS NEW CRAFT.  IN THE INTEREST OF PRUDENCE (THIS WAS MEANT TO BE NO MORE THAN A MERE PRACTICE RUN), I RESIGN TO RESTRICT THIS ARTICLE TO A MOST ABRIDGED TOTALITY.