. The history of our Navy from its origin to the present day, 1775-1897. i\& Nautilus, not far abovedeck. Midshipman Ridgeley was able, with theaid of a powerful glass, to follow the ketchinto the channel. He saw her glide as ashadow between the gunboats there. At thismoment a signal gun was fired from the was followed by the rapid firing of everycannon on that side of the harbor. Immedi-ately there was a commotion among the threegunboats in the channel, and at that the lightof a lantern in the hands of ohe who ran wasseen passing along the deck of the THE HISTORY OF OUR NAVY
. The history of our Navy from its origin to the present day, 1775-1897. i\& Nautilus, not far abovedeck. Midshipman Ridgeley was able, with theaid of a powerful glass, to follow the ketchinto the channel. He saw her glide as ashadow between the gunboats there. At thismoment a signal gun was fired from the was followed by the rapid firing of everycannon on that side of the harbor. Immedi-ately there was a commotion among the threegunboats in the channel, and at that the lightof a lantern in the hands of ohe who ran wasseen passing along the deck of the THE HISTORY OF OUR NAVY 377 This light paused over the midship hatch todrop out of sight an instant later, and then ahell of flame burst up to the sky, where the lighthad disappeared. A shock followed that made the ships beyondthe bar quiver until tiny waves spread awayover the smooth water. And with the shockcame a roar that deafened. And then, as theechoes of the roar died away among the dis-tant hills, the patter and splash of shells andsplintered timbers were heard on every side,while cries as of fear and distress arose fromthe city—cries that were followed by absolutesilence. All night long the Americans cruised to andfro about the channel, firing guns and rocketsat intervals, hoping against despair to find asurvivor. When morning came to give a fair^view of the harbor, one of the enemys gun-laoats was missing, and the Tripolitans werehauling three others, badly shattered, out onthe beach. The ketch and all who sailed in^her—the men, whose names ought to live inihe recollecti
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