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There were no less than two hundred of these strange but terribly destructive craft, the lineal descendants of the Vesuvius, which, as the naval reader will remember, was commissioned in 1890. They were double-hulled vessels built on the whale-back plan, and the compartments between the inner and outer hull could be wholly or partially filled with water.
The vessel was double-hulled, and was worked by a capstan of five bars. The experiment was on the whole successful. But the chief difficulty was in the propulsive power. After a spurt of an hour or so, the men became tired with their laborious work. Mr. Taylor, student of divinity, and tutor of Mr.
My servant. Young Helliwell. Scant supplies in the camp. Nature of the camp. Necessity for wooden floors in a bad climate. Double-hulled boats. Practice of landscape-painting. Changes of effect. Influences that governed my way of study in those days. Attractive character of the Scottish Highlands. Their scenery not well adapted for beginners. My intense love of it.
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