Thus :-

Yet here, too, all things work towards a good end. Therefore :-

And that these Lilliputian men on board the Exmouth become smart is vouchsafed not only by Captain Superintendent Bourchier, and his capable chief officer. Mr. Wellmann ; not only by the brigantine Steadfast, the three-decker's sailing tender, and, as our illustration shows, a bold, handsome yacht of 100 tons burden, with roomy decks and comfortable quarters for fifty lads ; but it is also vouchsafed by her weather-beaten commander, Mr. Thomas Hall, than whom there is scarcely a more confidence- inspiring, able salt. Indeed, our Navy owes much to this brigantine. Apart from the nautical training she affords to the Exmouth boys, it is she who, by means of her constant cruises to southern and western ports, brings her compliment of excellently taught youths to the direct notice of the captains of our men-of-war. How much they appreciate the budding sailors thus brought before them is shown by the fact that on each return from such a cruise the crew of the brigantine is considerably reduced.