LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
| A Frigate under Sail | [Frontispiece] |
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| A First-Rate Ship of War, circa 1760 | [9] |
| Section of a First-Rate Ship of War, late Eighteenth Century | [25] |
| The Guns in Use in the Navy | [35] |
| A Three-Decker | [50] |
| A Midshipman’s first Introduction to the Berth | [75] |
| A Frigate in Chase—going free | [100] |
| The Head of a 74-Gun Ship, with Drawing of Spritsail Yard | [112] |
| Two of Nelson’s Sailors | [120] |
| Two of Nelson’s Sailors | [126] |
| A Horse Marine | [138] |
| A Frigate in Chase, before the Wind | [140] |
| The Lee Roll | [150] |
| A Flogging at the Gangway | [160] |
| Lieutenant Blockhead keeping the Morning Watch | [186] |
| H.M.S. “Venerable” at Anchor | [200] |
SEA LIFE IN NELSON’S TIME