[A]In this ship, the 'Hougoumont,' I served three years. She was a transport, and was in the China war, 1860-1. Her burden was about 1,000 tons. This picture represents her as a sheer hulk employed in the construction of the Forth Bridge. I saw her towing down Channel in this state in 1889—she drew abreast of my house at Deal—and I could have wept to witness my old floating home in so miserable a condition.—C. R.
[A]In this ship, the 'Hougoumont,' I served three years. She was a transport, and was in the China war, 1860-1. Her burden was about 1,000 tons. This picture represents her as a sheer hulk employed in the construction of the Forth Bridge. I saw her towing down Channel in this state in 1889—she drew abreast of my house at Deal—and I could have wept to witness my old floating home in so miserable a condition.—C. R.
[B]This and succeeding illustrations are from photographs by Fradelle and Young.
[B]This and succeeding illustrations are from photographs by Fradelle and Young.
[C]This and the succeeding illustrations are from photographs by Fradelle & Young.
[C]This and the succeeding illustrations are from photographs by Fradelle & Young.
[D]This and the succeeding illustrations are from photographs by 'Adrian.'
[D]This and the succeeding illustrations are from photographs by 'Adrian.'
[E]Most of the illustrations in this chapter are from photographs by Messrs. W. Heath & Co., Plymouth.
[E]Most of the illustrations in this chapter are from photographs by Messrs. W. Heath & Co., Plymouth.
[F]See the writer'sLife of David Gray.
[F]See the writer'sLife of David Gray.
[G]I have given a detailed account of Peacock in myLook Round Literature.
[G]I have given a detailed account of Peacock in myLook Round Literature.
[H]O those 'Tendencies of one's Time'! O those dismal Phantoms, conjured up by the blatant Book-taster and the indolent Reviewer! How many a poor Soul, that would fain have been honest, have they bewildered into the Slough of Despond and the Bog of Beautiful Ideas!—R. B.
[H]O those 'Tendencies of one's Time'! O those dismal Phantoms, conjured up by the blatant Book-taster and the indolent Reviewer! How many a poor Soul, that would fain have been honest, have they bewildered into the Slough of Despond and the Bog of Beautiful Ideas!—R. B.
[I]Ne pas confondre.Not the slim green pamphlet with the imprint of Andrew Elliott, for which (as I see with amazement from the book-lists) the gentlemen of England are willing to pay fancy prices; but its predecessor, a bulky historical romance without a spark of merit, and now deleted from the world.
[I]Ne pas confondre.Not the slim green pamphlet with the imprint of Andrew Elliott, for which (as I see with amazement from the book-lists) the gentlemen of England are willing to pay fancy prices; but its predecessor, a bulky historical romance without a spark of merit, and now deleted from the world.