Instantly
the
The
drum-beat
dissolved the multitude, distributing
most of them along the batteris of the two covered
gun- decks. There, as wont, the guns' crews
stood by their respective cannon erect
and silent. In due course the First
Officer Lieutenant Officer, sword
under arm and standing in his place
on the quarter-deck formally recieved the
successive reports of the sworded
Lieutenants commanding the sections
of batteries below; the last of which
reports being made the summed report
he delivered with the customary salute
to the Commander. All this occupied
time, which in the present case, was
the object of in beating to quarters at an
dissolved the multitude, distributing
most of them along the batteris of the two covered
gun- decks. There, as wont, the guns' crews
stood by their respective cannon erect
and silent. In due course the First
Officer Lieutenant Officer, sword
under arm and standing in his place
on the quarter-deck formally recieved the
successive reports of the sworded
Lieutenants commanding the sections
of batteries below; the last of which
reports being made the summed report
he delivered with the customary salute
to the Commander. All this occupied
time, which in the present case, was
the object of in beating to quarters at an
Instantly
the
The
drum-beat
dissolved the multitude, distributing
most of them along the batteris of the two covered
gun- decks. There, as wont, the guns' crews
stood by their respective cannon erect
and silent. In due course the First
Officer Lieutenant Officer, sword
under arm and standing in his place
on the quarter-deck formally recieved the
successive reports of the sworded
Lieutenants commanding the sections
of batteries below; the last of which
reports being made the summed report
he delivered with the customary salute
to the Commander. All this occupied
time, which in the present case, was
the object of in beating to quarters at an
dissolved the multitude, distributing
most of them along the batteris of the two covered
gun- decks. There, as wont, the guns' crews
stood by their respective cannon erect
and silent. In due course the First
Officer Lieutenant Officer, sword
under arm and standing in his place
on the quarter-deck formally recieved the
successive reports of the sworded
Lieutenants commanding the sections
of batteries below; the last of which
reports being made the summed report
he delivered with the customary salute
to the Commander. All this occupied
time, which in the present case, was
the object of in beating to quarters at an
Transcribed by: Wyn Kelley