THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A SEAMAN. VOL. I.

LONDON

PRINTED BY SPOTTISWOODE AND CO.

NEW-STREET SQUARE

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From a Photo: Joseph Brown.

THOMAS, TENTH EARL OF DUNDONALD, G.C.B.

Admiral of the Red, Rear Admiral of the Fleet &c.

London. Richard Bentley 1861.

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AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A SEAMAN.

BY

THOMAS, TENTH EARL OF DUNDONALD, G.C.B.

ADMIRAL OF THE RED, REAR-ADMIRAL OF THE FLEET,

ETC. ETC.

VOLUME THE FIRST.

Second Edition.

LONDON:

RICHARD BENTLEY, NEW BURLINGTON STREET,

Publisher in Ordinary to Her Majesty.

1861.

The right of translation is reserved.

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THE ELECTORS OF WESTMINSTER,

BY WHOSE GENEROUS SUPPORT, NEARLY HALF A CENTURY AGO,

I WAS RESCUED FROM DESPAIR,

THE RESULT OF UNMERITED INJURIES INFLICTED

BY HOSTILE POLITICAL FACTION

IN RETALIATION FOR

MY ADVOCACY OF NAVAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE REFORMS;

AND TO WHOSE HONOUR BE IT RECORDED

THAT IN NO INSTANCE

DURING OUR LONG POLITICAL CONNEXION

DID ANY OF THEIR BODY EVER ASK ME

TO PROCURE FOR HIM PLACE, BENEFIT, OR EMOLUMENT,

This Volume is Inscribed

BY THEIR FAITHFUL SERVANT,

DUNDONALD.

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