[98] See “A History of the Administration of the Royal Navy and of Merchant Shipping in Relation to the Navy,” &c., by M. Oppenheim, p. 268. [99] Edited by J. R. Tanner, M.A., Navy Records Society, 1896, from the MSS. in the Pepysian Library. [100] I am indebted for many important details of this reign to “A Descriptive Catalogue of the Naval MSS. in the Pepysian Library at Magdalene, Cambridge,” edited by Dr. J. R. Tanner, Navy Records Society, 1903. [101] “Judicious and Select Essayes and Observations,” p. 29. [102] But see Chapter IX. of this volume. [103] “Ancient and Modern Ships,” pp. 111, 112. [104] “The Royal Navy,” by W. Laird Clowes, London, 1898. See p. 25, vol. ii. [105] “Life of Captain Stephen Martin, 1666-1740,” edited by Clement R. Markham, C.B., F.R.S., Navy Records Society, 1895. See p. 24. [106] “Old Sea Wings, Ways and Words in the Days of Oak and Hemp,” by Robert C. Leslie, London, 1890. [107] For the purpose of not showing too prominently the blood shed in casualties. [108] For further matter regarding the American frigates, the reader is referred to “American Merchant Ships and Sailors,” by William J. Abbot, New York, 1902. [109] See pp. 36-37. [110] For some of the facts in connection with this period I am indebted to articles by the late Sir W. Laird Clowes in his monumental history of “The Royal Navy,” and in Traill and Mann’s “Social England.” [111] “The Navy Sixty Years Ago,” by Admiral Moresby, in the _National Review_ of December 1908. [112] See an interesting article by Mr. Frank T. Bullen on “Deep-Sea Sailing” in the _Yachting Monthly_ of August 1907, to which I am indebted for some details of information. [113] See “La Navigation Commerciale au XIX^e Siècle,” by Ambroise Colin, Paris, 1901. [114] “Ancient and Modern Ships,” part ii., “The Era of Steam, Iron and Steel,” p. 24, by Sir George C. V. Holmes, K.C.V.O., C.B., London, 1906. [115] “The British Mercantile Marine,” by Edward Blackmore, London, 1897. [116] In connection with this chapter, I wish to acknowledge my indebtedness to certain matter contained in the following: “Architectura Navalis Mercatoria,” by F. H. Chapman, Holmiæ, 1768; “The History of Yachting,” by Arthur H. Clark, New York, 1904; “Yachting,” by Sir Edward Sullivan, Bart., Lord Brassey, &c., 2 vols., London, 1894-95; “Mast and Sail in Europe and Asia,” by H. Warington Smyth, London, 1906; “Lloyd’s Almanac”; “Lloyd’s Yacht Register,” &c.; the _Yachtsman_; the _Yachting World_; the _Yachting Monthly_. [117] “Architectura Navalis Mercatoria,” by F. H. Chapman, Holmiæ, 1768. [118] This vessel was until recently in Portsmouth Harbour. TRANSCRIBER’S NOTE The page number in the caption of Plate illustrations, a typesetter indicator, has been removed. These Plates are indicated by the words ‘to face’ in the List of Illustrations. Many illustrations have been moved to be closer to the related text.