Frigates Are The Eyes Of A Fleet.

Duty Is The Great Business Of A Sea Officer; All Private Considerations Must Give Way To It, However Painful It May Be.

I Believe My Arrival Was Most Welcome, Not Only To The Commander Of The Fleet But Almost To Every Individual In It.

It Is My Turn Now; And If I Come Back, It Is Yours.

The Business Of The English Commander-in-chief Being First To Bring An Enemy Fleet To Battle On The Most Advantageous Terms To Himself, (i Mean That Of Laying His Ships Close On Board The Enemy, As Expeditiously As Possible); And Secondly To Continue Them There Until The Business Is Decided.

I Am Ill Every Time It Blows Hard, And Nothing But My Enthusiastic Love For The Profession Keeps Me One Hour At Sea.