Moored off the famous White Tower of Salonica lay, year after
year, a small, dirty, uncared-for, antiquated gunboat, the
solitary representative of the Turkish Navy. It never moved. But
when Turkey awoke the gunboat was ordered to Constantinople to
join in the rejoicings. Steam was got up and preparations were
made to raise the anchor, but in vain. It had become wedded to
the solid rock. So the chain was cut and the anchor left in its
chosen resting-place.
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See ATROPHY; DEGENERACY THROUGH DISEASE.