ON A BATTLESHIP: THE AFTER DECK The delicate but firm precision of the drawing conveys aptly the general air of a man-of-war’s deck, where everything is intricate without confusion, and busy without fuss. [Illustration] XCII INSIDE THE TURRET Interior of a Big Gun Turret on a Battleship, with the crew at their stations. The breech of the gun is open and looks gigantic in this confined space where every inch is made to serve some purpose. An officer is seen in the gangway between the twin guns, but of course the higher direction of the firing is transmitted from the “Fire control” station situated elsewhere. [Illustration] XCIII A BOILER ROOM ON A BATTLESHIP The vessel is oil-driven, so the stoke-hold is robbed of its old terrors and is remarkably cool. The stokers seem few in proportion to the size of the place, but they are experts of a higher class than coal furnaces required. [Illustration] XCIV (a and b) PRACTICE FIRING: BIG GUNS ON A BATTLESHIP Here the scale of the great guns is only given by the dwarfed rail beneath and by the long stretch of horizon which the funnels subtend. But no merely physical ratio can convey the impression of enormousness that a great naval gun makes on the imagination. By subtler technical means the artist has managed to transfuse this impression from his own imagination to that of the spectator of the drawing. [Illustration] ON A BATTLESHIP: SUNSET AFTER A WET DAY The sailor has much to bear from the weather, but at any rate he sees to extraordinary advantage the glories of sunset and the “incomparable pomp of dawn,” unsullied by the smoke of the land. [Illustration] XCV ON A BATTLESHIP: AIRING BLANKETS An unfamiliar aspect of a warship to the public, but, to Jack, it returns with unfailing regularity once a week. In the cramped space it requires careful management to keep all the great crew in health and comfort. [Illustration] XCVI CAPTAIN CYRIL FULLER, C.M.G., D.S.O., ROYAL NAVY [Illustration] XCVII THE FLEET’S POST OFFICE To the right is an old hulk which now serves as a sorting office for the Fleet’s Post. Around it there is at certain hours a busy scene, picket boats coming from the various ships to deliver or collect their mails. [Illustration] XCVIII IN THE SUBMERGED TORPEDO FLAT OF A BATTLESHIP Interior of the Chamber from which the torpedoes are fired. The torpedo in the foreground is partly engaged in the tube through which it will be fired. To the right is seen the exterior of another tube. The men are lowering, for stowage in safety, a trial torpedo which has been fired for a practice run and then re-captured. [Illustration] XCIX SAILORS ON A BATTLESHIP MAKING MUNITIONS FOR THE ARMY