fqually, take in the Main-top-fail, and then the Ship is under her Courses.

2. How would you veer a Ship under her Courses?

A. I would haul the Mizen and Main-fail up, and down with the Mizen-ftay-fail, fquare the After-yards, hard a Weather the Helm, man the Weather Fore-brace, and let go the Lee-brace and Fore Bow-line; ease off the Fore-Tack, and stand by to haul on" Board the other; keep her large, if Room, until I get the Tack on Board and belay it; then luff up to the Wind, haul aft the Fore-fheet and brace up the Fore-yard, fet the After-fails, aboard Main Tack, aft the Main-fheet, brace all up, and haul the Bow-lines; when my Sails are trimmed, fhift the rolling Tackles on the Top-fail-yards.

2. Suppofe you are lying too in a hard Gale of Wind, under a Reet Main-fail, you want the Ship's Head on the other Tack; how will you veer her in a great Sea.

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A. I will watch her falling off, and put the Helm a-Weather, when she does, eafe off the Main-fheet; if that will not do, I' man the Fore Shrouds, and get Tarpaulins and Hammocks or pare Canvas up, and fpread it: If that will not do, I will haul att the Main-fheet, and put the Helm a-Lee, then fend Hands out to the Sprit-fail Yard with Hammocks and Gaskets to ftop the Sprit-fail, (called balancing) within the Lee Clue-line; block and loose the Lee Yard-arm, then haul aft the Sheet, clap the Helm hard aWeather, ease off the Main-fheet, round in the Weather-brace, gather aft the other Sheet, haul the Main Tack on Board; when the is before the Wind, fquare the Sprit-fail Yard, clue the Sail up and furl it; eafe the Helm down a-Lee, brace the Yards up, haul the Main-fheet aft, bowfe the Bow-line up, lafh the Helm three Parts a-Lee and fhe will lay too as before.

2. Suppofe fhe will not veer after all you have done?

A. I will loose the Goofe Wings of the Fore-fail; if that will not do, fet the Fore-fail and veer her as under her Courfes, or haul the Main-fail up; if by hauling the Main-fail up and furling it the will not veer, lower down the Mizen-yard; if that will not do, lower down the Cross-jack-yard and Mizèn-top-mast; if that will not do, cut away the Mizen-mast.

2. How do you caft a Ship, when intending to get under Way? A. If I am to caft her to Starboard, I would haul in my Larboard Braces forward, and let my After-yards lay fquare; I may hoist the Fore top-maft Stay-fail, and keep the Sheet to Windward to help her; if I am to caft her to Port, I would haul in the contrary Braces, when caft, fill the Head-fails and brace up as Circumftances require. N. B. If a Ship is Wind rode, as foon as the Anchor is right up and down, put the Helm the Way you would have her caft, fetting in the fame Braces abaft, and the contrary forward; but if she is Tide rode, the Helm must be put the contrary Way to which you would have her cast, and set in the Braces forward; which ever Way the Helm is, the Braces abaft must be the contrary.

2. It blows hard, and you split your Topfail.

A. I would let go the Bow-line, haul in the Weather-brace, and lower away the Halyards, clue up the Lee-fheet, haul up the Buntlines, ftart the Weather-fheet, belay the Clue-lines and Buntlines, unbend the Sail, bend another; then either furl or fet it, as Circumftances require.

2. You are lying too in a hard Gale of Wind, and split your

Main-fail.

A. I will haul it up carefully, unbend the Sail, and bend another, get on Board the Main Tack, and haul aft the Sheet; when the Sail is fet, get a Tackle on the Weather Leach to fecure the Tack, and a Preventer Sheet; but in small Ships they get the Lee Tack aft for a Preventer Sheet.

2. Suppofe you are on a Wind, and let the Ship come up in the Wind, and are all aback, what will you do?

A. I will box her off, and suppose she will not box off, I will haul the Mizen up, let go the Main and Main-top Bow-lines, the Lee Main and Main-top-fail Braces, and lay all fquare abaft, put the Helm to Leeward, if she has Stern-way, when the Wind is abaft the Beam shift the Helm; and, as fhe gets Head-way, haul in a little of the After Braces, haul the Mizen out, brace up sharp abaft, and haul the Bow-lines; and then I am on the fame Tack as before.

2. Suppofe you are on a Wind, clofe upon the Land, and ftanding on must run on Shore, and you can clear the Land on the other Tack; but it blows hard, and a head Swell, that she will not stay; and should you veer you would be on Shore, how would you get upon the other Tack?

A. I would club haul her; this is done by putting the Helm aLee, and letting go the Lee Anchor, and bringing her up Head to Wind; then cut the Cable and haul about the After-fails; and when they are full, brace about the Head-fails, haul on Board the ForeTack, and brace up the other Way.

2. If by Accident your Ship is brought by the Lee, what would you do?

A. When a Ship is brought by the Lee, it is commonly occafioned by a large Sea, and by the Neglect of the Helm's-man. When the Wind is two or three Points on the Quarter, the Ship taking a Lurch, brings the Wind on the other Side, and lays the Sails all dead to the Maft; as the Yards are braced up, fhe then having little Way, and the Helm being of little Service, I would therefore brace about the Head-fails the other Way, and keep the Main-top-fail shivering; when she gathers Way, and brings the Wind aft again, raife the Fore Tack and fquare the Head-fails; trim the Sails as they were before, and bring her to her Courfe again. N. B. It is dan gerous to bring a Ship by the Lee in a Gale of Wind, for the lying entirely against the Sea, her Sails can be of little Service till they are braced about.

2. Coming into Soundings from a long Voyage, I would have you prepare for going into Port and anchoring.

A. I'll order the Cables to be bent; thus, get their Ends up, reeve, haufe, and ring Ropes to haul them out, the Forecastle-men to clinch them, and Quarter-Mafters to clap the Bends on, reeve the Runners and Tackles, unftow the Anchors, bend the Buoys and Buoy-Ropes, fingle the Stoppers and Shank-Painters, bit the BowerCables with a long Range, have the Dog-Stoppers to pafs, fee the Tiers clear, have Hand-Leads and Lines in the Chains, fend down the Top Ropes, reeve the Top-tackle-falls, unfling the lower Yards, when the Cables are bent, &c. clap the Hawfe Bucklers on.

2. You are off the Eddystone, the Wind at S. W. in a hard Gale, under a Reef Fore-fail, and you must anchor in Plymouth Sound, how will you bring up for the Safety of the Ship, and with what Anchor?

A. To give myself Time for anchoring, I will haul my Fore-fail up, get the Sheet Anchor over the Side, and bit the Cable to the After-bits with a Range, get down Top-gallant-natts and Sprit-fail Yard, in fore and aft, unfid the Top-maits, and ftretch along the Jeers, clap the Wing Stopper on the fecond Cable of the best Bower; being all clear, I'll fet my Fore-fail and fteer in for the Sound, and when I am near the Place I intend to anchor in, I'll man the Fore Clue Garnets, and ftand by to lower the Yards and Top-maft, being ready, lower away, haul the Fore-fail close up, and furl it a Portland ;* clap rolling Tackles on the lower Yards, and heel Ropes on the Top-mafts; having the Marks on to anchor, ftream the beft Bower Buoy, and fee that it goes clear of the Ship, and when I intend to bring up, put the Helm down, and haul the Mizen out, then let go the Anchor and veer away at least one and a half Cable before I check her; fhould the Ship drive with two Cables out, on the beft Bower, ftream the fmall Bower-Buoy and let go the Anchor, which will allow me to veer a Cable on the small Bower, which will bring her up if it blows ever so hard, and I have ftill the Sheet-Anchor to ftand by; when I have brought up, and double-bitted and stopped the Cables, I'll get the Top-fail Yards fore and aft in the Tops, and make the Ship as fnug as poffible; as foon as the Gale is over, get the Anchors up and moor properly. The beft Method is to unbend the fmall Bower Buoy Rope from the Anchor, it being liable to get foul of the beft Bower Cable, by the Buoy going over and over again of the faid Cable, which has been often the Cafe.

N. B. In coming from the Weftward with a hard Gale of Wind, and bound into the Downs, take the fame Method.

2. Suppose you are on a Lee Shore, and had neither Room to veer or ftay, nor any anchoring Ground, how would you put the Ship's Head round the other Way?

A. I would put my Helm hard a-Lee, when he comes Head to Wind raise the Fore and Main Tacks directly, make a Run with

my Weather Braces and lay all aback at once, then haul forward my Lee Tacks and Bowlines as far as I can, that the Ship may fall round on her Heel, and when the Main-fail begins to fhiver, I would haul it up, fill my Head-fails, and fhift the Helm hard a-Weather; when the Wind comes on the other Quarter, haul on Board the Main Tack, and bring her close to the Wind.

2. Suppofe you were on a Lee Shore, and could clear the Danger on the other Tack, although not Room to veer and a Sea on she will not ftay, and you had gcod anchoring Ground, what would you do?

A. When I faw the Danger I would take a good Hawfer, and lead it out of one of the Quarter Ports, and bend it to the Anchor to Leeward; the other Part I would bring to the Capftan, fhip the Bars, and when I clap the Helm a-Lee, and as foon as the Wind is out of the Main-fail, haul it up, let go the Anchor, and heave on the Spring to caft her, because the Cable fhould not check her. When he comes Head to Wind, brace about the Main Yard, haul on Board the Tack, and cut away the Cable and Spring; when the Main-fail fills, fet the Fore-fail, haul on Board the Tack, and trim her to the Wind.

2. Suppofe it blows hard, you cannot carry your Courses, Night coming on, and it is likely to blow harder, what will you do?

A. I would haul the Fore-fail up and furl it, balance the Mizen, haul it out to keep her to, then haul up the Weather Main-cluegarnet and Bunt-line, then the Lee Clue Garnet Bunt-lines and Leachlines, fquare the Yards, and get Strops round the Maft above the Booms to hook the Yard Tackles to for Rolling Tackles, then reef the Sail, when reefed, haul on Board the Tack, get aft the Sheet handsomely, tend the Braces, bowse up the Bow-line and haul up

the Mizen.

2. You are just abreast of Portland, the Wind has taken you aback, you have all Sails fet, and you have no Time to take them in, for you will be on Shore or in the Race presently, how will you proceed?

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A. If fhe has Head-way, I will put the Helm a-Port, let go the Fore-fheet and Larboard Braces; as foon as the After-fails fhiver, haul down all the Studding-fails; if it blows fresh, take in Topgallant-fails, brace up the After-yards; when full, brace up forward and haul on board the Fore-tack, trim all fharp, haul taut the Weather-braces and haul the Bow-lines, the Bow-lines firft, then the Weather-braces.

2. Suppose you are turning over the Flats with your Top-fails and Fore-fail, you endeavour to put about, but he will not ftay, there is a fand a-head within a Cable's Length of you, what will you do?

A. I will heave all aback, and when fhe has Stern-way fhift the Helm; when she has paid well off, brace about the Head-fails and fhiver the After-fails; then he will veer round and stand off.

You are in a Gale of Wind, and fplit your Fore Course, what will you do?

A. I'll man the Weather Fore Clue-garnet, Bunt-lines and Leachlines, eafe off the Fore-tack, and when clued up, man the Lee Cluegarnet and haul it close up; then let go the Lee-brace, haul taut the Lifts and Braces, fend Hands to unbend the Sail; when another is bent, and I want to fet it, I will haul on Board the Fore-tack, and haul aft the Fore-fheet, brace the Yard up and haul the Bowline.

2. It blows hard, and you want to reef your Courses, how do you proceed?

A. I will clear away the Top-fail Sheets and Lifts, man the down haul Tackles, lower away the Jeers, let go the Bow-lines and clue the Sails up round the Weather-braces, haul taut the Lifts, Braces, and Rolling Tackles; then fend Hands up to reef the Sails; when I want to fet them I will proceed with the Sails as before.

2. Suppose it blows hard at S. W. and you are drove from your Anchors in the Downs, what would you do?

A. I would fteer for the Gull Stream, which I fhall know by having the upper Light on the South Foreland to bear S. W. by S. then fteer away between the N. E. and N. E. by N. which will carry me between the Brake and the Goodwin Sands, keeping to the Goodwin in nine or ten Fathom, and to the Brake in feven or fix.

2. You are ftanding on a Wind with all your Sails fet; your Enemy is in Sight, ftanding towards you, how do you clear your Ship for Action?

A. I will turn all Hands up to clear Ship, up all Hammocks, the Quarter-Mafters to flow them in the Netting, and on the Gang-way; get the Top-men's Hammocks up in the Top; down all Chefts in the Hold; Quarter-Mafters ftow them; take in all the fmall Sails; fling the lower Yards with Top-chains, get the Puddings and Dolphins up; then fling the Top-fail Yards half Maft or clofe up; ftop the Top-fail Sheets, Stoppers on the Jeers, or else rack them; Gunners get the Match-Tubs between every two Guns, Matches, Powder-horns, Crows and Hand-fpikes fufficient for every Gun; all Hands to Quarters, keep Silence and mind the Word of Command, fire not a Gun until the Word of Command is given; mind you do not fire a Shot in vain. Now I have all the three Mafts in one, fire!

2. Suppofe you are in Chafe of an Enemy's Ship of War, upon a Wind, with all your Sails fet; she is right a-head, on which Side will you engage her?

A. I will engage her to Leeward, by Reafon fhe cannot put away before the Wind, and if there is any Thing of a Sea, fhe may not be able to fight her lower Tier of Guns. If light Breezes and hot Weather, it would be better to engage to Windward, to let them receive the Smoak and Heat of the Fire.