The Effect Of Sailing Is Produced By

The Accumulation Of Numbers Always Augments In Some Measure Moral Corruptions, And The Consequences To Health Of The Various Vices Incident Thereto, Are Well Known.

The Admiral, Or Commander In Chief Of A Squadron, Being Frequently Invested With A Great Charge, On Which The Fate Of A Kingdom May Depend, Ought Certainly To Be Possessed Of Abilities Equal To So Important A Station And So Extensive A Command.

With Living Colours Give My Verse To Glow: The Sad Memorial Of A Tale Of Woe!

Hence A Ship Is Said To Head The Sea, When Her Course Is Opposed To The Setting Or Direction Of The Surges.

In The Time Of Battle The Hammocs, Together With Their Bedding, Are All Firmly Corded, And Fixed In The Nettings On The Quarter-deck, Or Whereever The Men Are Too Much Exposed To The View Or Fire Of The Enemy.