1. Mr. S. Woodiwiss's short-haired English tabby, "Champion Zenophon" (worth £100). 2. The Hon. Mrs. McLaren Morrison's Persian, "Ameer" (worth £100). 3. Mrs. C. Hill's short-haired blue, "Patrick Blue" (worth £50). 4. Madame Portier's long-haired blue, "Blue Boy" (worth £100). 5. Mrs. L. G. Leverson's Siamese, "Rynda" (worth £30). 6. Miss G. Willoughby's chinchilla long-haired, "Zaida" (worth £160). 7. Miss G. Willoughby's Siamese, "Fulmer Banjo" (worth £50). 8. Mrs. Herring's "Champion Jemmy," English silver tabby (worth £100). 9. Hon. Mrs. McLaren Morrison's long-haired black, "Satan" (worth £100).
Music (BUGLE CALL SUMMONING THE COOKS TO GET THE MEN'S GROG FOR THE DAY.)
HOME LIFE ON BOARD A MAN-OF-WAR.
DESCRIBED BY ONE WHO HAS LIVED THERE.
TO the majority of Englishmen the phrase "Life on board a Man-of-War" calls up pictures of smart gun-drill, tactical exercises, and other more or less irksome though necessary duties. Few people indeed have any cognizance of the way in which our bluejackets live their daily life and how they manage to amuse themselves in the spare time at their disposal during the three years afloat, which is the usual period of a seagoing ship's commission.
Jack is awakened at 5 a.m. in summer and 6 a.m. in winter by the loud blare of a bugle under his hammock, and the hoarse voices of the bosun's-mates shouting "Show a leg there. Arise and shine, 'rise and shine. All ha- - - - - -nds lashupandstowhammocks." Having lashed his bedding in his hammock in the regulation manner, by taking seven turns round it with his hammock-lashing, he has his breakfast, for which meal he is allowed half an hour.
He then works and drills more or less continuously until noon, with the exception of 15 minutes' "stand easy" at 8 a.m., when he is allowed to smoke, and to go down to his mess and eat and drink if he feels so inclined.