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"  No,  my  lord.     There  is  small  fear  of  that,"

"  I'm  a  dead  man,  Hardy,  but  I'm  glad  of  what  you  say.  Whip  them  now
you've  got  them.  Whip  them  as  they've  never  been  whipped  before."

Another  hour  passed.  Hardy  came  below  again  to  say  that  fourteen
or  fifteen  of  the  enemy's  ships  had  struck.
"  That's  better,  though  I  bargained  for  twenty,"  said  the  dying  man.
"And  now,  anchor,  Hardy — anchor."

"  I  suppose,  my  lord,  that  Admiral  Collingwood  will  now  take  the  direc-
tion of  affairs."

"  Not  while  1  live,"  exclaimed  Nelson,  with  a  momentary  return  of
energy.  "  Do  you  anchor,  Hardy."

"  Then  shall  we  make  the  signal,  my  lord."

"Yes,  for  if  I  live,  I'll  anchor."

That  was  the  end.      Five  minutes  later  Horatio  Nelson,    victory  for
England's  greatest   sea   champion,  was   dead.      He  had   won       England  and

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both  prizes  he  sought  tor  in   the    battle   of   the  Nile — victory       Famous

and  Westminister  Abbey.  Admiral

Collingwood  did  not  anchor,  but  stood  out  to  sea  with  the  eighteen  prizes
of  the  hard  fought  fray.  In  the  gale  that  followed  many  of  the  results  of
victory  were  lost,  four  of  the  ships  being  retaken,  some  wrecked  on  shore,
some  foundering  at  sea,  only  four  reaching  British  waters  in  Gibraltar  Bay.
But  whatever  was  lost,  Nelson's  fame  was  secure,  and  the  victory  at  Trafalgar
is  treasured  as  one  of  the  most  famous  triumphs  of  British  arms.
