by this order which the ship s rules yon are made independent in all matters relating to the management of tlie vessel i there can be no trouble now sir replied paul delighted to find that his conduct was approved i hope not and i do not expect any mr returned to the ship satisfied that he had healed the wounds of both the paul was happy and he determined to treat the professor with the utmost deference and kindness and thus remove the remembrance of the difficulty at four o clock after the had passed and entered the territory paul went down to young america t his greek as usual he could not seeing that mr s lip quivered and that be was laboring under strong emotions when he took his place at the mess table the captain was hardly less embarrassed but he hoped an opportunity would soon occur for him to perform some kind act for the gentleman when the was nearly finished and both parties had recovered their self possession the vessel gave a sudden wliich nearly tipped the professor off his stool but he and was too much absorbed in his favorite study to of the incident for a moment mr me to report to you that the vessel is said one of the in breathless touching his cap to the captain paul blushed deeply and was intensely annoyed at this repetition of the circumstances of saturday but there was no alternative but for him to go on will you excuse me mr asked paul rising the professor bowed but made no reply in words he wondered if the vessel had not been run on purpose to and annoy him he was inclined to think that such was the case and that it had been done to enable the captain to display his absolute authority paul went on deck but tlie pilot assured him that the accident would not subject the vessel to half an hour s delay for tlie tide was rising very rapidly he had run her a too near a while the young america by keeping in mid channel had gone clear a there was for the captain to do on deck and he retained to hia class the came off the ground within the half hour and by putting on more sail the ship before she reached here is the city paul said dr as the rounded a bend in the river you can bee the spire of cathedral i see it sir i have heard a great deal about it this is farther than wc have been from tlie sea since we sailed yes it is a long from the sea for a sailing vessel but is the only convenient port for visiting the greater part of we are only a short distance from and li ge i suppose we shall visit no other port in indeed there is no other convenient one except there is a whole fleet of british at anchor opposite the town said paul when the had gone a little farther a great many merchant come up the river there are regular lines to london and by the latter route you may leave at four in the afternoon and be in london at nine the next morning though the or line is quicker and better those are large added paul as the approached the fleet at anchor why that s the victoria and exclaimed the doctor pointing to the largest of the ships that is the of the of england i y young america in holland and i it is a pretty large replied paul what are the other they are the of the the one that lies nearest to her is the was formerly the queen s state vessel � the others are merely a kind of guard of honor does it take five to bring the queen over to asked paul laughing she must go in state when she goes added the doctor tlie victoria and is a ship of twenty four ed tons i hope we shall liave an opportunity to go on board of her i hope we shall but that is hardly to be expected they do not exhibit her she la in english waters but i think they do when she is abroad all ready to ship mr said paul as the young america gave the signal the ran up to a point ne ir the ship and within a couple of length of the royal let go her anchor port officers came on board and explained the harbor among them one whose duty it was to determine the amount due the pilot this the vessel or measured her draught as the drew about ten feet of water the charge was one hundred and everything was made snug on board the ropes were carefully and all the running hauled for lying near tlie queen s paul desired to have the vessel present her best appearance the work of the day was ended and the students were ii i i l le i a at liberty to observe the strange scenes around there was the city of bat it was not much from any other city the formed a in front of tlie town and there was a multitude of vessels lying at tlie as the space on the shore is called the river is about fifteen hundred feet wide and deep enough to float a ship of the line the city is very fortified on both sides of the river here we are for a week or two said to the first lieutenant after all the ship s duty had been performed i suppose so replied it seems to me just as though we had been sailing down hill ever since we came into the river hark it w as just six o clock and the of bells on the great cathedral played a silver toned melody which was almost 