Now although this may be the rule, there are exceptions, in proof of which the Author could adduce some practical examples, amongst others (even at the risk of bad taste) himself, his service, his books, and his ships, one of which was pointed to, by a most accomplished Captain belonging to the spit-head Fleet assembled for the Queen's review after the Crimean war, as a model of order, cleanliness, tone, discipline, high training and efficiency, which even British Officers might study with profit.