took place, arrival was notified by the discharge of three the usual salute, and shortly after ho jad taken his seat the Review began. 'Ti nice was an acrobatic one. Sei tums climbed up the mast junk anchored in the stream, and having rived at the summit stood on their heads on a board placed' there for the parpose. Bach man performed his part of shrieking and yelling in a very creditable manner, and some of the more ambitiously inclined came down a rope supported by their tails—a feat that won them much applause. Firing off " musket was next tried, both in an upright position and in the position in which we have just described. In a Naval engagement a man 60 occupied would offer himself as an excellent target for a rifle bullet.
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