LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

P. I. X.[Frontispiece]
PORTE BABY WITH BRISTOL BULLET ON TOP PLANEFacing p. [4]
CHART SHOWING THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE NORTH SEA AND THE BIGHT OF HELIGOLAND"[8]
SHEDS AND SLIPWAYS AT FELIXSTOWE"[18]
FELIXSTOWE PATROL AREA WITH SPIDER WEB PATROL, SHOWING SUBMARINES SIGHTED AND BOMBED, AND THE WIRELESS FIXES FOR FOUR MONTHS"[32]
5-TON FLYING-BOAT"[40]
BOAT ON PATROL. 230-LB. BOMB SHOWING ON MACHINE FROM WHICH PHOTOGRAPH WAS TAKEN"[56]
DESTROYERS ON BEEF TRIP"[80]
PORTE SUPER BABY TAXI-ING ON THE WATER"[104]
'77 IN THE MIST"[116]
BOMBS BURSTING OVER SUBMARINE"[130]
LIFTING 230-LB. BOMB INTO PLACE"[144]
DUTCH SAILING-VESSEL PHOTOGRAPHED FROM A FLYING-BOAT"[178]
HUN MONOPLANE DIVING IN TO SHOVE HOME AN ATTACK"[186]
THE BOAT THAT STOOD ON ITS NOSE"[206]
LIGHTER WITH FLYING-BOAT BEING TOWED IN HEAVY SEA"[220]
CULLY'S CAMEL ON WAY TO TERSCHELLING"[232]
WHITE LINE F.-B. SWIFT AND F.-B. SWALLOW, 200 TONS"[256]
15-TON PORTE SUPER BABY, 1800 HORSE-POWER"[264]
ERECTING THE 15-TON FELIXSTOWE FURY"[266]

The Spider Web.


CHAPTER I.
THE SPIDER WEB.