Hence A Ship Is Said

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

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.

The Head Of A Ship However Has Not Always An Immediate Relation To Her Name, At Least In The British Navy.

The Regular Hours Necessary To Be Observed By Those Who Follow Country Business, Are Perhaps Of More Consequence Than Any Of The Other Articles, However Important Those May Be.

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.