SEA LIFE IN NELSON’S TIME
A FRIGATE UNDER SAIL
SEA LIFE
IN NELSON’S TIME
BY
JOHN MASEFIELD
WITH SIXTEEN ILLUSTRATIONS
METHUEN & CO.
36 ESSEX STREET W.C.
LONDON
First Published in 1905
TO
CAPTAIN HENRY BAYNHAM, R.N.
I thank Mr W. Barclay Squireand Mr F. Kidson, for theirversions of the tune, “Drops ofBrandy”; and Mr Martin Shawfor permission to use his arrangementof the tune of “SpanishLadies.” I also wish to thank MrLaurence Binyon for his help inthe selection of the illustrationshere reproduced.
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CONTENTS
| CHAPTER I | |
| PAGE | |
| Ship designing, building, sheathing, and rigging—The external decorations and appearance—The internal arrangements, deck by deck—The orlop and hold | 1 |
| CHAPTER II | |
| The guns in use in our navy—Their nature—How loaded and fired—Varieties—Carronades—Shot—Small-arms—Gun-ports. | 31 |
| CHAPTER III | |
| The quarter-deck officers—The captain—The lieutenants—The master, second master, and master’s mates—The midshipmen—The midshipman’s berth | 51 |
| CHAPTER IV | |
| The civilian and warrant or standing officers—The surgeon—The surgeon’s assistants—The chaplain—The boatswain—The purser—The gunner—The carpenter—Mates and yeomen—The sailmaker—The ship’s police—The ship’s cook | 85 |
| CHAPTER V | |
| The people—The boys—Manning—The divisions—The messes—The dress—The King’s allowance—Grog—Marines | 119 |
| CHAPTER VI | |
| Sea punishments—The cat—Flogging at the gangway—Flogging through the fleet—Running the gauntlet—Keel-hauling—Hanging | ... BU KİTABI OKUMAK İÇİN ÜYE OLUN VEYA GİRİŞ YAPIN!Sitemize Üyelik ÜCRETSİZDİR! |