"What?"
"I'll bet that in three shots I could knock the block off the top of that mountain with the seven-inch."
"You mean the lookout station up there?"
"Yes."
Dan surveyed it with critical eyes.
"If you did you would have to show better marksmanship than you have thus far."
"Marksmanship? Why, I haven't fired a gun since I've been in the Navy."
"You have had dotter practice, which is practically the same thing."
"There's the town."
As they neared the southern point they could see the white walls of the city glistening in the sun. Everywhere one looked new sights came into view, and not for one moment did the Battleship Boys cease wondering over what they saw.