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Sensitive to every little indiscretion in eating, even to exposure to draughts and to over-persplrat Ion—this condition is pleasantly, positively nn-l permanently overcome by the magio tonic touch of Hood’s Sarsaparilla, which literally makes weak stomachs strong. It also creates an appetite—makes you feel real hungry, and drives away all symptoms oj dyspepsia. Be sure to gotHood’s SarsaparillaAmerica’s Greatest Medicine. All druggl ta. Hood's Pills cury all liryr UL. Ho omit*.the SPANISH ARMADA IN 1538.It Was Compost cl of Cruft of All Kinds,Numbering; 130.The total number of craft of nil kinds composing the Armada was, probably, 130. At least sixty were galleons of huge size and strength, ranging from 700 up to 1,250 tons burden. They were not, however, primarily built for war purposes, and the proportion of guns they carried was, as compared with their size, not large. Hut, being Intended for long voyages, their upper works were high out of water and their main timbers three or four feet thick. One hundred years before the Portuguese galleons, under Diaz, had doubled the Cape of Good Hope, and, with the conquest of Portugal, some of the 11 nest ships in the world passed Into the Spanish king s hands.It was the Portuguese galleons that formed the van squadron of the* Armada. tlio largest of them mounting, perhaps. 11 fry guns, and many of these of small caliber. In the case of the hired ships, except the heaviest Levantine galleons, the proportion of guns to tonnage was still smaller. Usually sailing In still water, they did not carry numerous crews, lmt now they were crammed with soldiers to an Inconvenient degree.Of the second class of ships, called galllasses. there were four In the licet. Those were proper war ships, and certainly did their share of The fighting. Like the galleons, they were three-masted vessels, but were also propelled by oars, to pull which they carried a largo number of galley slaves. Their prows and sterns were furnished with heavy cannon in high castles, and they carried smaller cannon on tue broadsides, in ports between the rowers. The two larger each carried nearly 300 soldiers and over 100 sailors, with 35b slaves to row. There were also galleys with one or more tiers of oars a side, many merchant and store ships, caravels and ureas.The personnel of the Hot 111a consisted
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Lawrenceville Brunswick Gazette
Lawrenceville, Virginia, US
Thu, Aug 04, 1898
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