200 yards from and on nearly a parallel line with the Glatton. In the turret of the latter, a kid, a rabbit and a fat hen were placed to try the effects of �oncussion. The weather in Portland Roads, the locality selected, was in every way favorable. After a few trial shots. the first proj€ctile was aimed at a mark on the extreme upper edge of the turret; but the sighting was untrue and the huge mils; of iron ski=ed over the top of the turret. A second shot soon followed, striking the turret

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... r in its weakest part, in the center of the turret wall, upon a bolt head and upon the lower edge of the upper 14 inch armor plate at its longitudinal junction with the lower plate. It