[figure description] Dedication.[end figure description]

TO
W. B. SHUBRICK, ESQUIRE,
U. S. NAVY.

In submitting this hastily-composed and imperfect
picture of a few scenes, peculiar to the
profession, to your notice, dear Shubrick, I
trust much more to your kind feelings than to
any merit in the execution. Such as it may
be, however, the book is offered as another
tribute to the constant esteem and friendship of

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