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benefit, to delight man, in ways ever kind, ever large, ever new, and of which the novelty
itself is a new source of delighted contemplation/'
But it is time to close our chapter and take leave of the learned Doctor, duly acknow-
ledging the gratification and instruction he has afforded us.
CHAPTER XVIII.
THE NAUTICAL DEPARTMENT.
GENEEAL EEMAEKS—MODEL STEAM-BOATS—SHIPS OF'WAR—SHIPS* MACHINERY—THE QUEEN
MAN-OF-WAR—THE PIQUE, THE INCONSTANT, ETC.----GUN BRIGS----SAILING VESSELS—ABERDEEN
CLIPPER SCHOONER—EOYAL YACHTS—GEAYESEND BOATS —MOYEN-AGE SHIPS----LIFE BOATS—
THE NORTHUMBERLAND PRIZE LIEE BOAT—LIFE PEESERYING CONTRIVANCES—SIR W. H. HAR-
RIS'S LIGHTNING CONDUCTOR.
There can, we apprehend, be little doubt in the opinion of all connected with, or in-
terested in, naval art and the national science of ship-building, that Great Britain, in
her maritime capacity, was not adequately represented in the Exhibition. If there was
any one department of industry—any one national pursuit to which, more than another,
the place of honour, in all the meanings of the phrase, ought to have been assigned,
it was surely that connected with our much-boasted empire of the seas; we ought to
have had a complete epitome of the naval architecture of the realm, and, if possible,
also, a complete epitome (both by means of models, of course) of the history of ship-
building in England from the earliest times; we ought to have been able to trace our
progress from the days of the coracle and the primitive galley, founded, perhaps, in a
great measure, upon Roman models, to the last screw-propeller man-of-war, launched
from Woolwich or Plymouth, or the last crack yacht set afloat at Cowes. A few ancient
models were certainly to be found in the naval gallery; we had a model of a Roman
war-galley, with four banks of oars, very curious; and another of the famed ship of
Henry VIII., which carried him to the conference of the Field of the Cloth of Gold;
another of a first-rate, built in the time of Charles I.; and several of the not ancient,
but old-fashioned, tubs in which Rodney and his sea-dogs won their battles. The col-
lection was, however, but fragmentary; we had only scattered links of the chain, which,
if completed, would have formed one of the most interesting and purely national portions
of the Exhibition. "With these remarks, which we will not extend, we now proceed to
describe the main features of the collection which was actually brought together.
It consisted, then, principally, of models of ships of war, showing their lines; and,
in a few cases, of section models, showing the arrangements between decks. Many of
the former class of models were in what may be called bas-relief—that is, only one side
of the vessel was represented, the object simply being to show her mould and run.
These were arranged upon the western wall of the Exhibition, and were principally re-
presentations of vessels constructed in our naval dockyards within the last twenty years,
many of them having been built during the long contest which agitated the naval world
between the surveyor of the navy and his numerous antagonists. There were also a fair
number of models of steam-boats—some screw and some paddle—some in relief and
others entire. A large passenger-ship or two were exhibited, showing some of the most
recent improvements in interior arrangements; and, after glancing at a number of minor
benefit, to delight man, in ways ever kind, ever large, ever new, and of which the novelty
itself is a new source of delighted contemplation/'
But it is time to close our chapter and take leave of the learned Doctor, duly acknow-
ledging the gratification and instruction he has afforded us.
CHAPTER XVIII.
THE NAUTICAL DEPARTMENT.
GENEEAL EEMAEKS—MODEL STEAM-BOATS—SHIPS OF'WAR—SHIPS* MACHINERY—THE QUEEN
MAN-OF-WAR—THE PIQUE, THE INCONSTANT, ETC.----GUN BRIGS----SAILING VESSELS—ABERDEEN
CLIPPER SCHOONER—EOYAL YACHTS—GEAYESEND BOATS —MOYEN-AGE SHIPS----LIFE BOATS—
THE NORTHUMBERLAND PRIZE LIEE BOAT—LIFE PEESERYING CONTRIVANCES—SIR W. H. HAR-
RIS'S LIGHTNING CONDUCTOR.
There can, we apprehend, be little doubt in the opinion of all connected with, or in-
terested in, naval art and the national science of ship-building, that Great Britain, in
her maritime capacity, was not adequately represented in the Exhibition. If there was
any one department of industry—any one national pursuit to which, more than another,
the place of honour, in all the meanings of the phrase, ought to have been assigned,
it was surely that connected with our much-boasted empire of the seas; we ought to
have had a complete epitome of the naval architecture of the realm, and, if possible,
also, a complete epitome (both by means of models, of course) of the history of ship-
building in England from the earliest times; we ought to have been able to trace our
progress from the days of the coracle and the primitive galley, founded, perhaps, in a
great measure, upon Roman models, to the last screw-propeller man-of-war, launched
from Woolwich or Plymouth, or the last crack yacht set afloat at Cowes. A few ancient
models were certainly to be found in the naval gallery; we had a model of a Roman
war-galley, with four banks of oars, very curious; and another of the famed ship of
Henry VIII., which carried him to the conference of the Field of the Cloth of Gold;
another of a first-rate, built in the time of Charles I.; and several of the not ancient,
but old-fashioned, tubs in which Rodney and his sea-dogs won their battles. The col-
lection was, however, but fragmentary; we had only scattered links of the chain, which,
if completed, would have formed one of the most interesting and purely national portions
of the Exhibition. "With these remarks, which we will not extend, we now proceed to
describe the main features of the collection which was actually brought together.
It consisted, then, principally, of models of ships of war, showing their lines; and,
in a few cases, of section models, showing the arrangements between decks. Many of
the former class of models were in what may be called bas-relief—that is, only one side
of the vessel was represented, the object simply being to show her mould and run.
These were arranged upon the western wall of the Exhibition, and were principally re-
presentations of vessels constructed in our naval dockyards within the last twenty years,
many of them having been built during the long contest which agitated the naval world
between the surveyor of the navy and his numerous antagonists. There were also a fair
number of models of steam-boats—some screw and some paddle—some in relief and
others entire. A large passenger-ship or two were exhibited, showing some of the most
recent improvements in interior arrangements; and, after glancing at a number of minor