Nor Is It The Least Advantage To

The Fleet Being Thus More Inclosed Will More Readily Observe The Signals, And With Greater Facility Form Itself Into The Line Of Battle A Circumstance Which Should Be Kept In View In Every Order Of Sailing.

Nor Is It The Least Advantage To Health, Accruing From Such A Way Of Life, That It Expose Those Who Follow It To Fewer Temptations To Vice, Than Persons Who Live In Crowded Society.

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

Of Whatsoever Number A Fleet Of Ships Of War Is Composed, It Is Usually Divided Into Three Squadrons; And These, If Numerous, Are Again Separated Into Divisions.

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.