Hogarth laid claim to the sea as his private property, and warned the nations.
XXIX. — PRIORITY OF CLAIM
A gentleman—a Permanent Under-secretary—stood one noon, his back to a fireplace in a bright-carpeted room at the Foreign Office, letting his eyes move over some opened letters submitted to him, and presently came upon the following document, its crest a flag, containing in blue the letters “R. F.”:
“17 LEADENHALL STR., E.G.
“To the Most Hon.,
“The Marquis of Hallam, K.G.,
“Foreign Office,
“Westminster, S.W.