THE NAVAL OFFICER.
131
CHAPTER V.
Examine him closely, goodman Dry; spare him not. Ask him impossible questions. Let us thwart him, let us thwart him.
eaumont and Fletcher.
Soon after my arrival at Plymouth, notice was given by a general order, issued from the flag-ship, that a passing-day for the examination of midshipmen, as touching their qualifications for the rank of lieutenant, would be held on board the Salvador del Mundo, in Hamoaze. I lost no time in acquainting my father with this, and telling him that I felt quite prepared, and meant to offer myself. Accordingly, on the day
