Year: 1879

Duncan, lying of the Texel with his
own flagship. the Venerable; and only
one other vessel, heard that the whole
Dutch fleet was putting out to sea. He
told Captain Hotham to anchor along
side Of him in the narrowest part of the
channel, and fight his vessel till she
sank. 'I have taken the depth of the
water" added he, "and when the Ven
cradle goes down, my flag will still
hy-" And you observe this is no VII
king in a prehistoric period, but a
Scotch member of parliament, with 4
smattering of the classics, a telescopes a
cooked hat Of great size, and flannel
underclothing. In the same spirit,
Nelson went into Aboukir with six
cOlors dying; so that even if five were
shot away, it should not be imagined he
had struck. He too, must needs wear
his four stars outside his Admiral's
frock, to be bat for sharpshooters.
''In honor l gained them," he said to
directors, adding with sublime illogi-
cality ,''In honor | will die with them"
Capt. Douglas, of the Royal Oak, when
the Dutch fired his vessel in the
Thames, sent his men ashore, but WAS
burned along with her himself rather
than desert his post without orders.
Just then the Merry Monarch was
chasing a moth around the supper ts-
bic with the ladies of his court. When
Raleigh sailed into Cadiz, aud all the
ships opened fire on hun at once, he
scOrned to shoot gun and made
answer with a flourish of insulting
trumpets. / like this bravado better
than the wisest dispositions to insure
victory it comes from the heart and
goes to it. God has made nobler heroes
but he never made s finer gentleman
than Walter Raleigh. And as our ad-
mirals were full of heroic superstitions
and had a strutting and vain glorious
style of fight, so they discovered a
startling eagerness for battle, and
eourted war like mistress. When the
news came TO Essex, before Cadiz, that
the attack had been decided, he threw
his hat into the sea Ii is in this way
that school boy hears of a half holi-
day; but this was a bearded man, of
great possessions, who had just been
allowed TO risk his life. Benbow could
not lie still in his bunk after he had lost
hs leg; he must be on deck in basket
to direct and animate the fight. | said
h., 1I,- ,fzr or Il
think there are not many mistresses we
should continue TO WOO under similar
circumstances. TrOwbridge went
ashore with the CullOden, and was
able to take no part in the battle Of the
Nile. ''The merits of that ship, and
her gallant captain" wrote Nelson TO
the Admiralty, ''are too well known
to benefit by anything | could say. Her
misfortune was great in getting
aground, while her more fortunate
companions were in the full t;de of
happiness This is Il notable express
ion and depicts the whole great-hearted
big-spoken stock of the English Ac-
mirals TO hair. IL was to be Sin the
full tide of happiness" for Nelson to
destroy 5.525 of his fellow creatures,
and have his own scalp torn open BY


piece of langridge shot. Hear him


again at Copenhagen "A shot through


the main mast knocked the splinters
about; and he observed to one of his
officers with a smile, sit is warm work
and this day may be the last to any Of
us at a moment" and then, stopping
short at the gangway. added with
emotion, "But mark you'll would not
BE- elsewhere for thousands