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162 yachtsman it is but a part, and, perhaps not, the most important. Moreover, yachting is a sport by no means confined to one yacht gaining mastery over others in point of speed; but to that grander mastery upon the sea, over tides, head winds, fierce waves, and over oneself in calms and fogs. And though these triumphs may not be heralded by guns, steam whistles, and brass bands, or witnessed by throngs on board of excursion steamboats, they are still the essence of yachting, giving, as they do, keen enjoyment at the moment, and remembered in after years with pride and pleasure.

In 1709 the royal yacht Bolton was built at Portsmouth: length, 53 feet 2 inches; breadth, 14 feet 6 inches; depth, 7 feet 6 inches; 42 tons; and in 1710 the royal yacht, Princess Augusta, was built at Deptford by J. Allen; length of gun deck, 73 feet 8 inches; keel, 57 feet 7 ½ inches; breadth, 22 feet 6 inches; depth, 9 feet 6 ½ inches; 155 tons, 8 guns; and she carried a crew of 40 men. This yacht was rebuilt in 1770 at Deptford and lengthened 7 feet. What her rig was up to that time is uncertain, but she appeared as a ship at that date. Her portrait is here given. King George III. attended the naval review at Spithead on board of her June 22, 1773; and on April 5, 1795, Princess Caroline of Brunswick, who had crossed from Cuxhaven to the Thames on board the frigate Jupiter, embarked on board the Princess Augusta at the Nore, and proceeded up the river to Greenwich. "Her Royal Highness, attended by Lord Malmesbury, Mrs. Harcourt, and Commodore Payne, went