"He don't waste words," was a bluejacket's criticism of Jellicoe, "but when he does speak, he hits the mark every time." Kitchener remained in Egypt--where he was fated to accomplish the first portion of his life's work for the Empire. Jellicoe returned to England, and we next hear of him at the Royal Naval College at Greenwich, where he showed that his "mental appetite" was far from satiated. He won the £80 special prize for Gunnery Lieutenants; this was a significant moment in his career. As the world knows, British Naval Gunnery is unrivalled. It was Jellicoe who helped to place it in the enviable position it now holds. After leaving Greenwich, Jellicoe served on H.M.S. _Monarch_. It was in May, 1886, while still a lieutenant on this ship, that he nearly lost his life. Sir John Jellicoe has had three very narrow escapes, and this was the first. The _Monarch_, which had been lying off Gibraltar, went out for target practice. A stiff breeze was blowing and dirty weather was experienced. Soon a heavy sea got up, and presently the _Monarch_ sighted a ship in difficulties; she turned out to be a cargo steamer from Glasgow, the _Ettrickdale_, and was fast on the rocks, with the waves breaking over her and threatening to knock her to pieces. The _Monarch_ had only taken one cutter out with her, her smallest; but her Commander asked for volunteers to man it, so that an attempt should be made to rescue the crew of the shipwrecked boat. There did not seem to be much chance of the small cutter living in such an angry sea; but this was the kind of job which appealed to Lieutenant Jellicoe, who was one of the first to volunteer, and he was given command of the crew. With seven seamen he started on his desperate--almost hopeless--enterprise. Though the cutter was splendidly managed, she capsized before the _Ettrickdale_ could be reached, and Jellicoe was struggling with his men in the boiling waters. Marvellous to relate, not a life was lost. More dead than alive, they all managed to reach the shore. For this attempt at saving life Jellicoe received a medal. It was given him by the Board of Trade. But he was not allowed to keep it very long, for he lost it when, in 1887, he went down with the _Victoria_. Fortunately for England and her Empire, Jellicoe came up again--but his silver medal did not. Presumably the Board of Trade must have heard of the terrible accident which cost England so many valuable lives and horrified the whole world; but the officials did not offer to replace Jellicoe's lost medal, and when he wrote and asked if they could obligingly supply him with a duplicate, he received a formal reply that he could have one if he chose to pay for it. Up to the present we believe that he has not "paid," and so probably he is without the silver medal he first won for gallantry. Perhaps the Board of Trade is still debating whether it would be justified in going to the expense of providing the Admiral of the British Fleet with another.