title: Halfhyde Ordered South (The Halfhyde Adventures, No. 6)
author:  Philip McCutchan 
description: <div></div><div>"Halfhyde is a fine hero, insubordinate and ingenious." &#8212;<I>The New York Times</I></div><br /><br /><div></div>"McCutchan brings . . . a driving style and a vast knowledge of and love for the sea that is certain to delight seafaring buffs." &#8212;<I>Booklist</I>
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  Halfhyde Ordered South.
  
  
  Philip McCutchan
  
  
  The Halfhyde Adventures, No. 6
  
  
  MCBOOKS PRESS, INC.
  
  
  ITHACA, NEW YORK
  
  
  Published by McBooks Press, Inc. 2005
  
  
  Copyright © 1979 by Philip McCutchan
  
  
  First published in Great Britain by
  
  
  George Weidenfeld & Nicolson Limited
  
  
  All rights reserved, including the right to reproduce this book or any portion
  thereof in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, without the
  written permission of the publisher.
  
  
  Requests for such permissions should be addressed to McBooks Press, Inc., ID
  Booth Building, 520 North Meadow St., Ithaca, NY 14850.
  
  
  Cover painting: _British Cruisers_ by Norman Wilkinson in _The Royal Navy,_
  1907\. Courtesy of Mary Evans Picture Library.
  
  
  Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data McCutchan, Philip,
  1920-Halfhyde ordered south / by Philip McCutchan.
  
  
  p. cm. — (The Halfhyde adventures ; no. 6) ISBN 1-59013-071-5 (trade pbk. :
  alk. paper) 1. Halfhyde, St. Vincent (Fictitious cha