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coaling. On the 

 from the lighters, 

 three other ships 

 o-war, with flags 

 the sailing yacht 

 make the pi(5lure 

 "Behind this 

 of small cruisers : 

 as station ship, is 



'Worth' the whole crew are busy loading coal 

 The 'Worth' holds by her own anchor, while the 



of the line are made fast to station buoys. Men- 

 flying, torpedo boats, sail boats, among them 



'Commodore' beating up against the wind, all 



as lifelike as possible. 



large case, which measures 6X5 m., are models 

 the 'Condor,' intended only for foreign service 

 unprotected, but provided with sails in case of 



68. SHIPS OF THE LINE AT ANCHOR IN HARBOR. 



need. This type is out of fashion, as are also the iron-clad cruisers 

 'Irene' and 'Gefion'. The course of development leads past 

 these to the modern armed, fast 'Little Cruisers' represented by 

 the model 'Niobe'. In this ship colleclion the Avisos (despatch 

 boats) are no longer in use; there are several models of them at 

 one side behind the Little Cruisers. Their place is now^ taken by 

 the Little Cruisers and the Torpedo boats." 



The models of fishing craft are as complete, if not so numer- 

 ous, as the war department exhibits. One shows the fishing smack 

 on the glassy surface of the supposed water, and the drag-net 



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