7. Is it the duty of the surgeon on board ship to attend the "heeling"? 8. In case the needles of the compass get out of order, will pins do as well? 9. At what time in the day, whether previous or subsequent to dinner, is it necessary to "allow for deviations"? 10. Draw a picture of "Three Belles." Give classic illustration from the story of Paris. 11. What rule is there as to showing lights on nearing Liverpool? 12. When in doubt, would you consult "the visible horizon," "the sensible horizon," or "the rational horizon"? Give reason for your selection. 13. Can sailors ever trust "the artificial horizon"? If so, under what circumstances? 14. Is "Azimuth" an idol, or something to eat? 15. Would "mean time" always refer to lowering wages or diminishing rations? 16. Presuming you know all about the "complement of an arc," explain that of Noah's. 17. Who was "Parallax"? Give a brief sketch of his career. 18. Give example of "meridian altitude of a celestial object," by drawing a picture of the Chinese giant who was over here some time ago. 19. Give history of "the Poles." Who was Kosciusko? Is this spelling of his name correct? 20. "Civil time." Illustrate this term from English history. 21. Can a "first mate's ordinary certificate" be granted by Doctors' Commons or the Archbishop of Canterbury? (_On these questions being satisfactorily answered, the next Examination Paper will be issued._) * * * * * [Illustration: THAMES TRAGEDIES Jones says there is only one _really_ safe way of changing places in a skiff!] * * * * * [Illustration: DE GUSTIBUS, ETC. _Philosophical Sea-faring Party_ (_who manages our friend's yacht_). "Well, ladies and genelmen, I s'pose this is what _you_ calls _pleasure_, and comes all the way from London for?" [_Brown, the funny man, with the eye-glass, thinks it an _Idyachtic_ kind of pleasure, but is actually too far gone to say so._ ] * * * * * [Illustration: "Nice piece o' biled mutton, sir?"] * * * * * [Illustration] I'M AFLOAT (_Mr. Punch in the Ocean on the broad of his back, singeth_) I'm afloat, I'm afloat, what matters it where? So the devils don't know my address, I don't care. Of London I'm sick, I've come down to the sea, And let who will make up next week's number for me! At my lodgings, I know, I'm done frightfully brown, And e'en lobsters and shrimps cost me more than in town; I've B. flats in my bed, and my landlady stern, Says from London I've brought 'em to give her a turn. Yet I'm happier far in my dear seaside home, Than the Queen on Dee side, or Art-traveller in Rome; A Cab-horse at grass would be nothing to me,