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DISCOVERY 



instance to follow Greene, for whom such scenes 

 and characters had a peculiar attraction, would have 

 withdrawn far too much of our attention from Pcrdita 

 to surroundings created chiefly as a background to 

 her lovely self. This more poetical, instead of a 

 more realistic picture of Arcadia, then, is the ultimate 

 reason why Shakespeare would not take so much as 

 a hint from Porrus' preparation for his visit to the 

 king, and why he subordinated Porrus and his shep- 

 herd-life in an earlier scene. Perdita and her love 

 for Florizel were to be shown in an almost lyrical 

 atmosphere ; the tone appropriate to a more romantic 

 conclusion than Greene's is suggested beforehand. 

 It is a " winter's tale " that is in the making under 

 our eyes. The stuff of the new fabric is quarried 

 largely from the old ; but here and there a fresh 

 piece shows through ; and the design of the architect 

 has filled both new and old with the transfiguring 

 beauty of imagination, with the glow of his own 

 charitable human spirit. 



Rigid Airship R34 



The accompanying photograph depicts the rigid 

 airship R34, the largest British airship which has 

 actually flown up to the present date. R34 will be 

 for ever noteworthy in the history of aerial transport 

 as the first airship to undertake the crossing of the 

 Atlantic Ocean. 



The phuidgraph shows clearly the streamline 

 shape of hull, with its blunt nose, short parallel 

 portion of hull, and long tapering stern. The 

 overall length of the ship is 643 feet, with a 

 diameter of 79 feet, and an extreme height of 

 92 feet. 



The hull is divided by the main frames into nine- 

 teen compartments, containing the gas-bags which 

 give a volume of approximately 2,000,000 cubic feet. 

 The gross lift works out at approximately 59 J tons, of 

 which the total fixed weight is 33 tons, giving a dis- 

 posable lift of 26J tons. 



Five cars in all are suspended from the hull frame- 

 work. Forward is the control-car, with the wireless 

 cabin adjoining it. Immediately aft of this is the 

 forward engine-car, containing one engine, the external 

 appearance of which suggests that the whole is one 

 large car. Amidships are the two wing-cars, each 

 containing one engine, while at the after end is a 

 larger car, housing two engines and an auxiliary control 

 position. It will thus be seen that five engines are 

 mounted in the cars. These are all of the same type 

 and horse-power, namely 250 horse-power Sunbeams. 

 The maximum speed is sixty-two mUes per hour. 

 .\ccommodation for the crew is provided in the 

 internal corridor which extends throughout the length 

 of the ship. 



R34 was built by Messrs. William Beardmore & 

 Co., Ltd., and is still in commission under the Air 

 Ministry at the Airship Station, Howden, East York- 

 shire. 



