Extraordinary Bill, and very enlightening. It is incredible what we take for granted until someone points out that there is a reason for things like this.
The moral of the story is that I must stop swimming. I have more than sufficient extraneous blubber as it is.
Rob.
The Business of the commander-in-chief is first to bring an enemy fleet to battle on the most advantageous terms to himself, (I mean that of laying his ships close on board the enemy, as expeditiously as possible); and secondly to continue them there until the business is decided.
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