With Living Colours Give My Verse To

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 Anchors Now Made Are Contrived So As To Sink Into The Ground As Soon As They Reach It, And To Hold A Great Strain Before They Can Be Loosened Or Dislodged From Their Station.

The Great Weight Of The Ship May Indeed Prevent Her From Acquiring Her Greatest Velocity; But When She Has Attained It, She Will Advance By Her Own Intrinsic Motion, Without Gaining Any New Degree Of Velocity, Or Lessening What She Has Acquired.

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.

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