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 fiigiueenn resources. 60 SKBASTOI'OL BEFORE THE BATTLE CHAP, the spars, the tanks, the canvas — all, in short, ^^^- that a great fleet could need, Avith vast quantities Immense of stoue already detached from the neighbour- ing rocks, — hut also the cranes, the gins, the engines of all kinds by which man enforces his dominion over things of huge bulk and weight, and all the machinery, implements, and materials which had been in use either lor the ordinary business of the dockyards, or for quarrying, and carrying on great works in the way of excavation, embankments, and masonry; — all these things Avere not only at the disposal of the defenders, but close b}', and most apt to the hands of the men, — some 2G,000 in number,-' — who had long been accustomed to wield them. In the midst of all these vast resources, which General de Todleben speaks of as almost inex- haustible, there was a comparative scantiness in the supply of engineering tools ; but it does not appear that this want existed to a degree which prevented it from being effectually met by the measures which were taken for the purpose, or that, for want of the requisite implements, any work was even delayed. Indeed, the order to the Government factories for fi'esh and abundant supplies shows, in passing, the variety and the greatness of the mechanic resources to which the defenders could look. Stationed marines,. . . 2,66t) Workmen, .... 5,000 26,167
 * Seamen, . . . . . 13,501