. Nelson and his captains : sketches of famous seamen . llow Hallowell?—LORD Hood. Why is Captain Hallowell omitted? He rendered moreservice tha?i almost any other officer?—NELSON. AMONGST Nelsons captains there towers one**■ gigantic figure, with the stature of a life-guardsman, the limbs of an athlete, and face whichis only redeemed from that of a prize-fighter bythe quizzical eyes that look out from it, and thelines of humour and good-nature with which itis stamped. Hallowell and Nelson, put side byside, offered an almost absurd physical could almost have put Nelson in hi
. Nelson and his captains : sketches of famous seamen . llow Hallowell?—LORD Hood. Why is Captain Hallowell omitted? He rendered moreservice tha?i almost any other officer?—NELSON. AMONGST Nelsons captains there towers one**■ gigantic figure, with the stature of a life-guardsman, the limbs of an athlete, and face whichis only redeemed from that of a prize-fighter bythe quizzical eyes that look out from it, and thelines of humour and good-nature with which itis stamped. Hallowell and Nelson, put side byside, offered an almost absurd physical could almost have put Nelson in hispocket. The boyish stature of the one, the half-blinded face, the maimed and attenuated body, makethe giant height and massive limbs of the otheronly more notable. Yet, perhaps, upon none ofhis captains did Nelson stamp more sharply many,at least, of his characteristics—his vehement fight-ing impulse, his habit of swift decision, his confidentexpectation of victory—than upon Hallowell. Theyhad shared together the perils and hardships of Kf6.
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