The Head Of A Ship However Has

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.

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

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.

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.

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.