Excerpt from Our Navy Is Not Neglected: The Navy Against Lord Minto and Sir John Barrow But Russia? This power is undoubtedly the least of all others to be trusted, because war or peace is, in that nation, actually the prerogative of one man; and her motions ought therefore to be more closely watched it is not, however, because She has two large fleets, that she makes herself an object Of jealousy to England; but it is her warlike indications in keeping them constantly manned, and, as we are told, provisioned for four months, ready at a moment's notice to put to sea; - it is this state of naval preparation, enabling her to commence hostilities at once, that should keep us on our guard against a surprise. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.