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FACING PAGE 



A NORTH SEA PORT . . . . . . . 222 



A CARRIER LOOKING FOR HER FLEET A CARRIER FOR 



BILLINGSGATE PASSING GREENWICH . . . .232 



FOGGY WEATHER : HEAVING THE LEAD FIRING A ROCKET IN 



THE FOG WHEN LOOKING FOR A FLEET . . . 236 



THE CREW OF A NORTH SEA CARRIER . . . .238 



TAKING THE AIR : A DUTCH BOY AS FIGUREHEAD DUTCH 



EEL-BOATS AT BILLINGSGATE ... . . 240 



A SINGLE-BOATER A NORTH SEA COLLIER. < V 246 



THE MASTER, MATE, CHIEF ENGINEER, AND STEWARD OF A 



NORTH SEA TRAMP . " * . "'.'. . . 250 



A BEAM-TRAWLER AT SEA A STEAM-TRAWLER ENTERING 



HARBOUR IN WINTER . . , ... . . .258 



THE FARNE ISLANDS AND BAMBURGH .-. . , . 260 

 THE MOUTH OF THE TYNE . ' . . . . .264 



A SMACK TURNED INTO A COASTER AN OLD YAWL GETTING 



TO SEA . * . . ' . . . ' . . 270 



A DECK VIEW OF THE HOSPITAL STEAMER /. AND S. MILES . 274 

 SKIPPER WHITE, WHO COMMANDED THE /. AND S. MILES AT 



THE TIME OF THE RUSSIAN OUTRAGE .... 280 



A GERMAN FOUR-MASTER MAKING FOR HAMBURG A FRENCH 



FOUR-MASTER TOWING DOWN THE NORTH SEA . . 286 



FROM NEAR THE GOODWINS BOILING SHRIMPS AT SEA . . 294 

 THE MOUTH OF THE HUMBER ..... 304 



A RELIC OF PAUL JONES THE OLD CONVICT SHIP SUCCESS . 322 



THE SMUGGLERS' CAVE, FLAMBOROUGH AN OLD NORTH SEA 



MAN . . . . . . . . 326 



A TORPEDO-GUNBOAT ON FISHERIES PROTECTION . . . 350 

 GERMAN PILOTS IN THE ELBE. . . . ;.:/. . 358 



