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one of his bargemen, who tucked them, with the greatest sang-froid) in a perfect sheaf 

 under his arm. The Victory came up at the moment, and saluted the conquerors with 

 hearty cheers. 



It will be hardly necessary here to point out the altered circumstances of naval 

 warfare at the present day. A wooden vessel of the old type, with large and numerous 

 portholes, and affording other opportunities for entering or climbing the sides, is a 



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very different affair to the modern smooth-walled iron vessel, on which a fly would 

 hardly get a foothold, with few openings or weak points, and where the grappling-iron 

 would be useless. Apart from this, with heavy guns carrying with great accuracy, and 

 the facilities afforded by steam, we shall seldom hear, in the future, of a fight at close 

 quarters; skilful manoeuvring, impossible with a sailing vessel, will doubtless be more 

 in vogue. 



Meantime, the Victory had not been idle. In conjunction with two of the fleet, she 

 had succeeded in silencing the Salvador del Mnndi, a first-rate of 112 guns. When, 

 after the fight, Nelson went on board the Victory, Sir John Jervis took him to his arms, 

 and insisted that he should keep the sword taken from the Spanish rear-admiral. When 

 it was hinted, during some private conversation, that Nelson's move was unauthorised, 



