a railroad to the town of Guantanamo, twelve miles distant, with its
terminus at the town of Jamaica. There are two and one-half square miles
of anchorage, with a depth of forty feet, so far inside as to be fully
protected from the wind. For vessels drawing twenty-four feet or less
there are about two more square miles of harbourage.

FOOTNOTES

1 See Appendix, Part A, for general description of the Philippine
Islands and their inhabitants.

2 See Appendix B for types of war-ships and methods of signalling
while in action.

3 See Chapter X.

4 See Chapter X.

5 See Chapter X.

6 See Chapter X.

7 See Chapter X.

8 See Chapter X.

9 See Chapter X.

10 See Chapter X.

11 See Chapter X.

12 See Chapter X.

13 See Chapter X.

14 See Chapter X.

15 See Chapter X.

16 See Chapter X.

17 See Chapter X.

18 See Chapter X.

19 See Chapter X.

20 See Chapter X.

21 See Appendix A for description of Manila.

22 See Chapter X.

23 See Chapter X.

24 See Chapter X.

25 See Chapter X.

26 See Chapter X.

27 See Chapter X.

28 See Chapter X.

29 See Chapter X.

30 See Chapter X.

31 See Chapter X.

32 See Chapter X.

33 For types of war-ships see Appendix B.

34 See Appendix C for description of Santiago Harbour.

35 See Chapter XVII.

TRANSCRIBER'S NOTE

The illustrations, which were printed on separate pages in the original
edition, have been placed between paragraphs near the original positions,
which can be seen in the list of illustrations.

The following changes have been made to the text:

page 19, "last of March" changed to "last days of January"
page 22, "Viscaya" changed to "Vizcaya"
page 51, "procotol" changed to "protocol"
page 80, italics added to "Baltimore's"
page 80, "San Juan de Austria" changed to "Don Juan de Austria"
page 81, "Valasco" changed to "Velasco"
page 85, quote added before "Capt. Frank Wildes"
page 89, "flagship" changed to "flag-ship"
page 133, double "the" removed before "gunboat"
page 158, "first class" changed to "first-class"
page 166, "Albermarle" changed to "Albemarle"
page 194, "armored" changed to "armoured"
page 264, double quote removed after "dying.'"