ILLUSTRATIONS

I. COLOUR PLATES FROM WATER-COLOUR DRAWINGS BY ARNOLD BENNETT
[A Barge passing the Maplin Light]Frontispiece
[The Swale River]to face page 24
[Bradwell Creek]60
[Maldon]84
[Beaumont Quay]124
[Walton Creek]136
[Landermere]150
[The River Orwell]164
II. MONOCHROME PLATES FROM PHOTOGRAPHS
[A Barge at Sunset in the Lower Thames]8
[In Sea Reach]30
[Barges at an Essex Mill]40
[Hauling a Barge to her Berth]50
[The Dining Cabin]72
[The Saloon]92
[The Ark Royal]102
[Bathing in the Sluice at the Ark Royal’s Headquarters]178
[Plan of the Ark Royal]192


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