CONTENTS.

CHAP.PAGE
I.THE SPIDER WEB[1]
II.LIKE A FAIRY TALE[38]
III.THE PHANTOM FLIGHT[75]
IV.STICKY ENDS OF L 43, U-C 1, AND U-B 20[109]
V.THE FATAL FOUNTAIN AND END OF U-C 6[145]
VI.WINGED HUNS AND THE TALE OF THE I.O.[183]
VII.INTO THE BIGHT AND END OF L 53[215]
VIII.THE FUTURE: RUNNING THE U.S. MAIL[245]

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.