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the navy itself either in time of peaceor war. He shows the pro- 
gress of our naval force since our glorious Revolution to the pre- 
sent day ; he finds the number of large ships four times greater 5 
the number of seamen employed on them 3} times greater; and 
he declares that, comparing this with the services rendered by: 
the navy at the two epochs of 16388 and 1508, we must be asto- 
nished how it is that with so little an increase in number, both of 
ships and men, we could produce results of so different an im- 
portance and magnitude. 
We have read with peculiar attention the chapter in which 
Mr. Dupin considers the number of dead and sick in our navy 
in time of war. He shows from the data furnished by Dr. Blane, 
the happy change which has taken place since the last thirty 
years in the healthiness of our men of war, in consequence of 
the better victualling, the greater care given to cleanliness, ven- 
tilation, and comforts. 
The last chapter enumerates all the funds of relief established 
by British generosity and gratitude in favour of the superannuated 
officers, sailors and marines, when they are no longer wanted for 
the public service, or when their infirmities render them unfit to 
fight the battles of their country: such is the establishment. of 
Greenwich Hospital. 
The second volume of the Force Navale contains all that relates 
to studies and works. It is the professional and not the least 
valuable part of the book. 
Under the title of what Mr. Dupin calls force morale, he con- 
siders at first the popularity of the British navy; and as.an ex- 
ample of the veneration shown by the nation for their illustrious 
dead, presents us with a very animated description of the ho- 
nours paid to the remains of Nelson after the victory of Tra- 
falgar. 
The discipline of our navy, Mr. Dupin declares to be supe- 
rior to that of any other state in Europe, and shows in what par- 
ticulars it is essentially remarkable and excellent. 
The navy is, of all the military arts, that which is most indebted 
to science. Mr.Dupin as a geometer and an academicien could 
hot fail to notice how science has contributed to the progress 
made in navigation and naval architecture. He gives the his- 
tory of the remunerations given by the British government to 
the discoverers of the best means of finding the longitude at sea; 
he mentions also the well merited recompenses bestowed on Sir 
Robt.Seppings and Mr. Brunel, the latter for his block machinery, 
the former for his improvements in the structure of our men 
of war. 
‘The author next examines what the English government has 
done for giving the necessary instruction to the shipwrights and 
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