[80]. Such silence was then very exceptional, and continued so till seventy years later (1861–2), when Sir William Martin, commander-in-chief in the Mediterranean, insisted on it.
[81]. The order which the midshipman brought from the flagship.
[82]. A periphrastic euphemism for to be flogged.
[83]. A puddening is defined as ‘a thick wreath of cordage, tapering from the middle towards the ends’ (Falconer). The joke, such as it is, seems to refer to the thickening in the middle.
[84]. Sc. with a rope’s end or a cane.
[85]. It is, perhaps, more probable that, at the extreme end of the roll, the sea came up to the yard.
[86]. More likely they were carried away by the rolling. The wind might then blow the boat away.
[87]. See a picture of this by Cruikshank in the Old Sailor’s Greenwich Hospital.
[88]. Looks like an early form of Esperanto.
[89]. Cf. James, i. 78.