Chapter IV: The "britannia" in the 'sixties

A "Three-decker"--Arrangements on Board--The Morning Drum--
Persuasive Corporals--"Cockpit Mess"--"Cheeky New Fellows"--
Important Modifications--Sea-going Training-ship--A Dead
Letter--The Question of Locality--Portland Selected--Its
Numerous Drawbacks--Preparing for Sea--Voyage of the
_Britannia_--She Asserts Herself under Sail--Arrival at
Portland--Great Monotony--A Sad Accident--Good Education--
French and Drawing--Sample of a French Lesson--Messroom
Songs--"The King of Otaheité"--Going Aloft--A Foolhardy
Feat--A Swift Descent--Fatal to Clothes--Reading at the
Yard-arm--Captain Powell Appointed--Departure of Commander
Nares--Corporal Punishment--A Cool Young Hand--The Royal
Marriage--Another Change Decided Upon--Voyage to Dartmouth--
A Busy Time--Sailors as Navvies--The _Hindostan_--Captain
Randolph Appointed--A Futile Complaint--Stern Measures--
Parliamentary Interference--Humanitarian Fads--Flogging
Abolished--Cadets' Sailing Cutters--Gymnasium Built--The
_Bristol_--Competition on Entry--Reduction of Numbers--A
New _Britannia_--Statistical Results 53