Excerpt from 'Martello Tower" In Chin and the Pacific: In H. M.S. "Tribune," 1856-60 Encouraged by the highly favourable reception accorded to his first volume, both by the Press and by his friends, the Author of At School and at Sea invites the reader to accompany him in his further experiences in other parts of the world. This volume is a record, though, of course, only partially so, of the long, interesting, and eventful commission on the China and Pacific Stations, from 1856 to 1860, of h.m.s. Tribune, of 31 guns, 1570 tons, and 300 h.-p., a typical wooden screw steam frigate of the transitional period of our navy, in which both the outgoing reign of sail and the in coming reign oi steam were represented. That period, though short, not lasting much longer than ten years, from 1853 or thereabouts, was an important one, as besides constituting an epoch in naval history, it was productive of some of the most beautiful specimens of naval architecture that ever walked the waters like things of life, from the famous Agamemnon, of Sebastopol fame, onwards. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.