? But this was not all; the Italians could place in line
_nine more_ ironclads. Here is this further list:--

Weight of
Ship. Tonnage. Horse- Rifled Guns. Broadside.
power. lbs.

_Ancona_ 4250 700 {22 100-pounders} 2274
{ 1 74-pounder }

_Maria Pia_ 4250 700 {18 100-pounders} 2096
{ 4 74-pounders}

_Castelfidardo_ 4250 700 {22 100-pounders} 2274
{ 1 74-pounder }

_San Martino_ 4250 700 {16 100-pounders} 2044
{ 6 74-pounders}

_Principe di Carignano_[20] 4000 700 {12 100-pounders} 1644
{ 6 74-pounders}

_Terribile_ 2700 400 {10 100-pounders} 1444
{ 6 74-pounders}

_Formidabile_ 2700 400 {10 100-pounders} 1444
{ 6 74-pounders}

_Palestro_ 2000 300 2 150-pounders 300

_Varese_ 2000 300 { 2 150-pounders} 500
{ 2 100-pounders}

Total: nine ships carrying 146 rifled guns throwing 14,020 lbs. of metal.

[20] The "Principe di Carignano" was wooden built; all the rest iron.

What could the seven Austrian ironclads with their 74 little guns throwing
1776 pounds of metal do against these nine ships with double the number of
guns and nearly ten times the weight of metal in their broadsides? But add
in the three capital ships before noted on the Italian side, and we have:--

12 ironclads against 7.
208 rifled guns against 74.
20,392 pounds of metal in the broadsides against only 1776.

Clearly it would be mad folly for the Austrian fleet to challenge a
conflict! It would be swept from the Adriatic at the first encounter!

Here, then, are our calculations as to the command of the Adriatic at the
outset of the war of 1866. They leave out of account only one element--the
men, and the spirit of the men. Let us see how the gri