Excerpt from Service Afloat: Comprising the Personal Narrative of a British Naval Officer, During the Late War Even in his Majesty's ships a singular license is claimed and permitted, and for a fe w hours all order and discipl inc seem suspended. Towards the close of the war, on board of one of our frigates, in a high state of discipline, in which I myself and a young officer, a commander in the service, were passengers to the West Indies, a striking instance of thisoccurred. Although I, as well, I believe, as my companion, had more than once crossed the Line, yet, seeing we could only avoid a. (1c thing, as we were both invalids by no means desirable - by getting out of the way until the storm had blown over, and this not being easil y attainable any where below, we agreed to take post in the mieen-top. - Thi 0 however, we soon found availed us nothing; the top was re gularly stormed, and, though for a time as obstinately de fended, we were soon overpowered by numbers. Seeing the futility and folly of thrther resistance, I, for my own part. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.