318 328 yeilding to the mechanism of
disp disipline the throng was thinned
by one half. For the remainder
most of them were set to those
temporary employments readily to be
connected with trimming the yards and
& so forth, ^ business readily to be got up ^ to serve occasion by
any officer-of-the-deck.
90 Now Each proceeding that follows
a mortal sentence pronounced at sea
by a drum-head court are ^ is characterized
by promptitude not perceptably merging
attended by into hurry . , tho bordering that. The shotted
hammock, ^ the one which had been Billy's bed when alive,
having already been prepared ballasted
with shot and otherwise prepared
318 328 yeilding to the mechanism of
disp disipline the throng was thinned
by one half. For the remainder
most of them were set to those
temporary employments readily to be
connected with trimming the yards and
& so forth, ^ business readily to be got up ^ to serve occasion by
any officer-of-the-deck.
90 Now Each proceeding that follows
a mortal sentence pronounced at sea
by a drum-head court are ^ is characterized
by promptitude not perceptably merging
attended by into hurry . , tho bordering that. The shotted
hammock, ^ the one which had been Billy's bed when alive,
having already been prepared ballasted
with shot and otherwise prepared

Transcribed by: Wyn Kelley