53 18 5 101 78 89 the ^ this that petty-officer's function of the officer so entitled
was the instruction of the men in the
use of arms , . sword and or cutlas . But
very long ago, oweing to the advance
in gunnery making hand-to-hand
encounters nev less frequent and giving
to nitre and sulpher the preeminence
over steel, that function ceased; the
master-at-arms of a great war-ship
becoming a sort of Chief of Police
charged ^ among other matters with the duty of preserving
order on among other matters the populous lower gun-decks.
Claggat Clagga^ r t was a man about
forty years of age. five and thirty,
53 18 5 101 78 89 the ^ this that petty-officer's function of the officer so entitled
was the instruction of the men in the
use of arms , . sword and or cutlas . But
very long ago, oweing to the advance
in gunnery making hand-to-hand
encounters nev less frequent and giving
to nitre and sulpher the preeminence
over steel, that function ceased; the
master-at-arms of a great war-ship
becoming a sort of Chief of Police
charged ^ among other matters with the duty of preserving
order on among other matters the populous lower gun-decks.
Claggat Clagga^ r t was a man about
forty years of age. five and thirty,

Transcribed by: John Bryant