[22] Paymaster.
[23] 'Chawing the fat' = spinning a yarn.
[24] 'Tin 'ats' = drunk.
[25] A 'killick' is an anchor, and a petty officer wears crossed anchors as his distinctive badge.
[26] 'P.Z. Exercises'—that is, mock actions, fought between two opposing squadrons; so called from the two-flag signal directing the fleet to carry out these manœuvres.
[27] 'The Bloke' = the commander. 'Jimmy the One' = the first lieutenant.
[28] The ship's company of a ship hailing from Devonport are known as 'Duffos' to the men of ships with Portsmouth and Chatham crews. A 'duff' is a pudding, and the term probably originated on account of the west-countrymen's supposed liking for that comestible.
[29] Most ships, even those carrying proper musicians, have a home-made band formed by the men themselves. It always goes by the name of the 'squeegee band,' though why I cannot say.
[30] 'Fanny,' the receptacle from which a bluejacket drinks his rum.
[31] 'Lammy coats,' the name given by the men to the thick duffel coats with hoods served out in cold weather. They are fastened with toggles and beckets instead of buttons and button-holes.