A MEMOIR

OF

ALLEN F. GARDINER,

COMMANDER, R.N.

BY

JOHN W. MARSH, M. A.

VICAR OF BLEASBY, NOTTS.

LONDON:

JAMES NISBET AND CO. 21 BERNERS STREET.

MDCCCLVII.

210. i. 283.

LONDON:

Printed by G. BARCLAY, Castle St. Leicester Sq.

CHAPTER I.

Early Life and Naval Service.

1794 TO 1822.

Hold the little hands in prayer; teach the weak knees their kneeling;

Let him see thee speaking to thy God: he will not forget it

afterward;

And the touching recollection of thy prayers shall arrest the

strong man in his sin.

Tupper.

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