Hence A Ship Is Said

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.

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.

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.

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.

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