“That little cigar-shaped thing is a torpedo boat,” he explained; “there are four more lying close together. They are the ‘Tarpon,’ the ‘Falcon,’ the ‘Sea Fox’ and the ‘Octopus.’ The gun-boats just above are the ‘Princeton,’ the ‘Champlain,’ the ‘Still Water’ and the ‘Erie.’ Next to them lie the cruisers ‘Farragut’ and ‘Los Angeles,’ and above them the battle-ships ‘California’ and ‘Dakota,’ and the ‘Washington’ which is the flag-ship. Those two squatty-looking chunks of metal which are anchored there off Castle William are the double-turreted monitors ‘Terrible’ and ‘Magnificent’; behind them lies the ram, ‘Osceola.’”