nds.

Owner Vessel Class Tons

52 Lieut.-Gen. Mackenzie Highland Lass Yawl 25

53 T. Harman, Esq. Wombivell Cutter 33

54 S. Halliday, Esq. Lady of Die Lake Yawl 42

55 Marquis of Thoruond Rostellan Schooner 60

56 John Roche, Esq. New Grove Cutter 24

57 Reverend C. A. North Lord Nelson Cutter 75

58 Arch. Swinton, Esq. Louisa Yawl 24

59 C. R. M. Talbot, Esq. Galatea Schooner 179

60 Sir R. J. A. Kemys Harrier Schooner 36

61 T. Allen, Esq. Erin Schooner 94

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"A right merrie conceit," said Horace, "and a good-humoured jingle that
must be gratifying to all mentioned, and will serve as a record of the
present list of the Yacht Club to future times. We must petition the
commodore to enter you upon the ship's books as poet-laureate to the
squadron: you shall pen lyrics for our annual club-dinner at East Cowes,
compose sea-chants for our cabin jollifications, sing the praises of our
wives and sweethearts, and write a congratulatory ode descriptive of
our vessels, crews, and commanders, at the end of every season; and
your reward shall be a birth on board any of the fleet when you choose a
sail, and a skin-full of grog whenever you like to command it. So come,
old fellow, give us a spice of your qualifications for your new office;
something descriptive of the science of navigation, from its earliest
date to the perfection of a first-rate man of war."

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THE PROGRESS OF NAVIGATION,

AN ORIGINAL SONG;

Dedicated to the Members of the Royal Yacht Club.

In the first dawn of science, ere man could unfold
The workings of nature, or valued dull gold;
Ere yet he had ventured to dare ocean's swell,
Or could say by the moon how the tides rose and fell;
A philosopher seated one day on the brink
Of the silvery margin thus took him to think:
"If on this side the waters are girted by land,
What controls the wide expanse, I'd fain understand."
Thus buried in thought had he ponder'd till now,
But a beautiful nautilus sail'd to and fro;
Just then a sly breeze raised the curls from his eyes,
A