examining this illustration that, unlike the case of her namesake, the turtle decks have disappeared altogether, the reason being, as already pointed out, that the hull is so high above the water as not to need these. In spite of her great length, the _Oceanic_ is not so unhandy as she might seem. Her forefoot is well cut-away, and this, in addition to the proper employment of her twin-screws, enables her to be manœuvred with a facility that is a little surprising. The Cunard Company resting content with the performances of their express steamers _Campania_ and _Lucania_, still left the _Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse_ to maintain the reputation for pace, and, following the example of the White Star Line, built in the _Ivernia_ and _Saxonia_ a couple of steamships of great size but comparatively moderate speed. The _Ivernia_ is two feet shorter than the _Majestic_, but her gross tonnage comes out at 14,027, making her in this respect but little inferior to the _Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse_, though superior to the latter in displacement tonnage. The _Ivernia’s_ speed averages about 15¼ knots; she came into being in 1899. These vessels belong to a class of steamship which has grown up under the title of “intermediate,” its origin being based on the assumption that a comfortable, economical, moderately fast type of ship would be able to find appreciation no less than the high-powered ships. Both the _Ivernia_ and _Saxonia_ have considerable capacities for cargo as well as passengers, and are characterised by their exceptionally low coal consumption. They are single-funnelled boats, and engaged on the Liverpool-Boston route. But the _Ivernia_ was the first of the Atlantic liners to break away from the triple-expansion system and to be installed with the more modern quadruple-expansion type of engine. This being the same principle as the triple-expansion pushed one stage further, using four instead of three cylinders, we need not stop to explain what is already clear in the mind of the reader. [Illustration: THE “CELTIC.” _From a Photograph. By Permission of Messrs. Ismay, Imrie & Co._]