The Sacred Lamp Of Day Now Dipt

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

The Effect Of Sailing Is Produced By A Judicious Arrangement Of The Sails To The Direction Of The Wind.

A Long Sea Implies An Uniform And Steady Motion Of Long And Extensive Waves; On The Contrary, A Short Sea Is When They Run Irregularly, Broken, And Interrupted; So As Frequently To Burst Over A Vessel's Side Or Quarter.

Hence A Ship Is Said To Be Tight, When Her Planks Are So Compact And Solid As To Prevent The Entrance Of The Water In Which She Is Immersed: And A Cask Is Called Tight, When The Staves Are So Close That None Of The Liquid Contained Therein Can Issue Through Or Between Them.

The Admirals Of His Majesty's Fleet Are Classed Into Three Squadrons, Viz. The Red, The White, And The Blue.