The Sacred Lamp Of Day Now Dipt

Mental Agitations And Eating Cares Are More Injurious To Health, And Destructive Of Life, Than Is Commonly Imagined, And Could Their Effects Be Collected, Would Make No Inconsiderable Figure In The Bills Of Mortality.

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.

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

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.

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.