of Panic—Lost within easy reach of Assistance—An Imprudent Pilot—Statements of Survivors—A Father and Son parted and re-united—Heartrending Episodes—The Other Side: Saved by an Umbrella—Loss of the _Killarney_—Severe Weather—The Engine-fires Swamped—At the Mercy of the Waves—On the Rocks—The Crisis—Half the Passengers and Crew on an Isolated Rock—Spolasco and his Child—Holding on for Dear Life—Hundreds Ashore “Wrecking”—No Attempts to Save the Survivors—Several Washed Off—Deaths from Exhaustion—“To the Rescue!”—Noble Efforts—Failure of Several Plans—A Novel Expedient adopted—Its Perils—Another Dreary Night—Good Samaritans—A Noble Lady—Saved at Last—The Inventor’s Description of the Rope Bridge—The Wreck Register for One Year—Grand Work of the Lifeboat Institution LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. PAGE The Naval Flags of the World _Coloured Frontispiece_ Raleigh at Trinidad _To face page_ 5 Sir Walter Raleigh 5 Raleigh on the River 9 Monson and the Biscayan Ship 12 Monson at Cadiz 17 Action in Cerimbra Roads 21 Monson at Broad Haven 25 De Ruyter on the Medway 32 Peter the Great 33 The Imperial Workman receiving a Deputation 36 Old Dockyard at Deptford 37 Saye’s Court, Deptford 39 Commodore Anson 45 The _Centurion_ off Cape Horn 49 Surrender of the _Carmelo_ 56 Anson taking the Spanish Galleon 61 Cape Cod 64 The _Dartmouth_ in Boston Harbour 65 Destruction of the Tea Cargoes 72 Nelson and the Bear 73 Nelson at Copenhagen _To face page_ 76 Lord Nelson 76 The _Charlotte Dundas_ 84 Symington 85 Outline of Fitch’s First Boat 89 Fitch’s Second Boat 89