But here the doubtful officers dispute,
Till skill, and judgment prejudice confute:
For Rodmond, to new methods still a foe,
Would first, at all events, the sheet let go;
To long-tried practice obstinately warm,
He doubts conviction, and relies on form.
This Albert and Arion disapprove,
And first to brail the tack up firmly move:
‘The watchful seaman, whose sagacious eye
On sure experience may with truth rely,