A day in historic and beautiful Annapolis . found the doors of Bancroft Hall hospitably open tous, which has, in the centre of the building, the MidshipmensRecreation Room, and on each end their mess and sleepingquarters in the wings. Many tablets were on the walls in mem-ory of midshipmen who had heroically lost their lives, and abeautiful bas-relief of a sailor in bronze, life-sized, which the Dauprhtcrs of the Rcvohitioii jjlaccd tlicro in 3911, in memoryof The Amerieau tSeamen, who fought for the ludependeuceof the United States. We went throiigli the lass doors at the side of the room, to
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A day in historic and beautiful Annapolis . found the doors of Bancroft Hall hospitably open tous, which has, in the centre of the building, the MidshipmensRecreation Room, and on each end their mess and sleepingquarters in the wings. Many tablets were on the walls in mem-ory of midshipmen who had heroically lost their lives, and abeautiful bas-relief of a sailor in bronze, life-sized, which the Dauprhtcrs of the Rcvohitioii jjlaccd tlicro in 3911, in memoryof The Amerieau tSeamen, who fought for the ludependeuceof the United States. We went throiigli the lass doors at the side of the room, tothe baleon- outsith. and the most beautiful view of tile An-napolis haibor, with the light-liousc in the distance, was beforeus, beyond the drillinji grountls and athletic field. Lying nearthe sea-wall was the Si)anish cruiser, Reina ^lercedes, whichwas sunk by the Spaniards in the harbor of Santiago, in an at-tempt to block the entrance. After the Americans took Cuba, this ship was raised, repaired, and taken to the United States.. It is now used as a Hccciviiig-Shii) foi the Naval Academy. Ttlooks so peaceful and dignified in its di-ess of pure white paint, that it is hard to realize its ])ast adventures. As we came out again into the giounds, a large Indianshead of wood attr-a<te(l oui- attention. We leaiued it was thefigui-e-head Tecumseh fi-om the old U. S. S. Delaware. It wasthe likeness of a great chief of the Delaware tribe of Indians, who lived during the Revolutioiuiry jxMiod, whose name wasraiiiaiieiid. The -lapanese bi-ll on the grounds was also of int<^iest to us, whicl] we were told was given to Cominondore Perry in 1854by the Regent of the Lew Chew Islands, belonging to Japan.At his death in 1858, the bell was given to the Naval Academyby his widow, as he had requested should be done. We went into the Library Building, which is also the Edu-cational Depaitmeiit of the Academy, the Library being in thecentre. We had been under the impression that we had beena