We threw overboard fifty or sixty tons of coal, to no avail; we could not get within shot of the 'Livadia,' to capture which I would have given all I possessed.

As day broke we saw the crew of the 'Livadia' busily employed throwing overboard coal and water.

Sebastopol was in sight, and she was running for dear life to that haven of safety.

Lightening her had certainly a good effect, for it was sadly evident to me that on doing so she drew ahead a little, but very little.

Now I hoped she would burst her boiler or break down ever so little; but so it was not fated, and the Emperor's yacht escaped by the skin of her teeth into Sebastopol, under the protection of batteries that opened a tremendous fire on my ship on my approaching, forgetful of their existence.