64 27 113 90 102 It was no gossip, however, but fact,
that tho though , as before hinted, Claggart upon
his entrance into the navy was, as a novice,
assigned to the least honorable section of
a man-of-war's crew, embracing ^ the waisters drudges drudgery , he did
not long remain there.
The superior capacity xxx xxxx he immediatly
evinced, his constitutional sobriety,
flatte ingratiating deference to superiors,
together with a peculiar ferreting
genius manifested on a singular
occasion, all this capped by a
certain austere patriotism which he evinced
developed had ^ ^ rapidly abruptly abruptly advanced him
rapidly to the influential position /
he now occupied in the seventy-four.
of master-at-arms of master-at-arms.
64 27 113 90 102 It was no gossip, however, but fact,
that tho though , as before hinted, Claggart upon
his entrance into the navy was, as a novice,
assigned to the least honorable section of
a man-of-war's crew, embracing ^ the waisters drudges drudgery , he did
not long remain there.
The superior capacity xxx xxxx he immediatly
evinced, his constitutional sobriety,
flatte ingratiating deference to superiors,
together with a peculiar ferreting
genius manifested on a singular
occasion, all this capped by a
certain austere patriotism which he evinced
developed had ^ ^ rapidly abruptly abruptly advanced him
rapidly to the influential position /
he now occupied in the seventy-four.
of master-at-arms of master-at-arms.

Transcribed by: John Bryant