engines to her assistance. Whereas',» aecordihgTo -thé pressât
construction ofvesSeis,aman seèing.ia ship on firecaifdknowing
that ship to have powderon boards will not approach her foi-fear
of her blowing up, and thereby involving his^wnship in herfatp*
This was; the, case ..with his Majesty/^hip St.
roundiiig vessels hot daring to render her any effectualHassistr
ahbêî from' the apprehension of 4|$i». magazine exploding ;
#hMdbyi thonghiievefy-exertion was made t-ó save hér^cjnwv
numbers of them were either burnt, drowned- or blown, up.
6. And dfisstfy, that vfe||eiS:thiis cai^fru^t^d wiitianswprf»^
hifen of war, bombs, fire-ships* floating, batteries, gurr boats*
guh battéaux* ândhatAobbomèd boats for tending troOpsc
The advantage of the wells in filling.
has, in some measure, been already explained,.vyef-it, may
hwe be improper.toumentibn, that, a cQnvehiehee tiiis« kind
has- long been a favourite idbâwith* and »the earnest the
greatest Officers ;bf ifehe.-Kayic Thedate irigenious,BStir^Charles
KnOwles and Captain Bentinck, with many others, had this .Object;
muchrat heart* but the op positibrt they tnet;«with andofher.
prevented either „of fhem^frofm aeComplishing>,#hàt they
So much wished. Captain Bentinck : had formbd plans not Only
for the magazine but. .for .every store-room in the..ship. ( ;The
great difficult^ with him was in placing, the cock's ; but;;had
Sliding Keels and these wells* been a t that time invented?: the
Speedy and easy conveyance of the \tater wouldsoon have been
seen, and there is . no doubt would hâve been applied as has
been herein already proposed. Almost ebery class Of vfessels
having the magazine either fore, or -âftÿ -the: iforeÉnosf brsaffeer-?
móst wtelL might be/.so coriBOCtediwith it as in ttm e ïrf aotiop
to keep every thing damp.
* The wells here spoken of are the grooves in which the sliding keels move : apd by which
they are raised up or lowered down. -They may have cocks let into them on either side.
Such
»fIgudfi&.A d'rraimlsj Captains and1 Lieutenants as have done the
dutyJbfMaster’s-mate, knowthe trouble aftbetduty ofthe hold»
and^its&f'kii own to'few others.' Inrltmgobnjize&or passages it is
a deSira/blef di^^dt^t0 keep theiship in her best sailing trim ; and
th te f '^ '^ y depends^o'h^fillinSgfsthe empl^casks with salt water,
phis^ sfroin .^he^gFeaft- i&buMe« attending it, is anduty which is
gehbralMiy ’ put"bff ;as> Ibfe^hSf^osgiMe ^ sometimes, indepdi so
that the «hip is; by dardob‘.ligidM6te‘afryr»saii;' add a gale
oOmiifg^OEf’1 iif -this 'situation Occasions - much ■ ihwhvemeneej
Theh^h'M^exoriibmis usd|$fo;fill u p ;emptytedsks’^^but as there
is 'b u t'o J e ^ tf^ ^ a n d that only%'Mted to fill theiedveftor middle
t&r^ -jf takel^Hip - much time, ^ “and-1 pumpingf 'Or drawing' water in
bad’wi)ehthe?r, i^1<3bmmbhly found impra'cti'cable. But were ships
built Jwith Sliding Keels,* there 'ybuMs, be^&'oi'darfger’in having
twoVbr |hre"@%bika%p*bfedaiw6lh^sofhat all tKbwaterJneoessaiy
cOu#difbenhad ’ in one-hour. .Water mlght^Mb^hy the »same
in’eans b e le tin td ^ c is te rn wherein th e hand-pump s ta n ^ , and
ffe4rh’ Ohbhdfe' ©h*eoifV-§yed t o Shy'PmC-of dnpship,' ’eitHer-tb fill
fh^'fea^kS or wash then db'(&S''f'ahd db'yo sueh-^aS^tA^h5,'all‘ fh e
dbdks in ’threisihip -Wouldobe »washed a t th e ’sarrie timel A not bet
greht Conven ieotlte might ^ ^ ’fderi-ved-'fPbM'4 the-h?bltsffel meiO/bh
w a r:victuallingjfo t'long vbyugbsi‘ |f||n -freshwater riverS''all -the
eh'sks^irl the'ship*cord'dyfefe filled5 -from'-them^witflslc'thb'^reafest
earseO Turtle, l b b 'S t e r s , t e r a n d , Otherjsgtts: bffisHfeus'ually
h ep b fb r My* time*‘in wel 1'iv^ss^lS,?migbk' in men of w ^ bmpre-
servedraliveP-tey ■moans.of fhVwohS, h^thbut th'ebleajst iheoflver» I
fillfe'tfise'-t'b 'thOH^S^eP. i »
TheHtepottanbO ih4s;bf fhKt^Mps §h#uld^l#^f)‘ th bir (sthtidn in
fiheblMfe Of batftl#i£%bll kriown,- h o th ’^ b iri Cteeei^t instai-i oeS/ and
-from the Mstbry,of s48,-^^ts in tiMes-pasf.’ "ASweSSi^s are *nfbw
wnstrucled,',ft6m‘th'e di#^enc^bf their draught of water',*fhad
their varying height',^otrie ships are5m§rb; •brdessdbeV-ardly than
others,