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tolerant, rough and ready tact In the management 

 both of the lower ratings and higher ranks, below 

 and above them. The growth of Intelligence 

 in the Navy and the adaptation of the old sea- 

 discipline to It has created problems more difficult 

 to solve than gun control. Men have feelings 

 and prejudices and cussedness. Vitality is stronger 

 than cordite. 



In one thing, at all events, longshoremen have 

 the pull over Navy chaps. However perfectly 

 the latter may be able to bring one craft alongside 

 another, they cannot beach boats well on a lee 

 shore, and. It seems, never have been able to do 

 so. *My dearest friend,' wrote Nelson as far 

 back as 1801 in those sea-sick letters of his to Lady 

 Hamilton, 'It blows strong from the westward, 

 and is a very dirty day, with a good deal of surf 

 on the beach ; but Hardy and Lutton recommended 

 my going on shore this morning, as they believe it 

 may blow a heavy gale to-morrow. ... I hope 

 the morning may be fine; but I have ordered a 

 Deal boat, as they understand the beach better 

 than ours; and If I cannot land here, I shall go 

 to Ramsgate pier, and come to Deal In a carriage.' 



When, a year or two back, men from H.M.S. • 



landed their Admiral on our beach, just where they 



