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A sailor's life under four sovereigns, Volume 1 (of 3)

Chapter 36: Transcriber’s Notes
By Sir Henry Keppel
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The narrator recalls his childhood and a long seafaring career during successive reigns, presenting chronological, anecdotal chapters. He describes shipboard routine, training mishaps, medical and disciplinary incidents, and the camaraderie of crews. Deployments aboard named vessels are traced alongside engagements, patrols, and voyages to West Africa, China, the Malay Archipelago and other colonial stations. Interwoven reflections consider shore leave, encounters with local peoples and landscapes, and changes in naval duties and hazards over time.

END OF VOL. I.

Printed by R. & R. Clark, Limited, Edinburgh.

Transcriber’s Notes

  • Images relocated close to related content.
  • Sidenotes relocated close to related content.
  • The original has a sidenote at the start of every page to indicate the current year and sometimes a reminder of the current location. Where the year and location are clear from the text and previous sidenotes, these page-top notes have been omitted.
  • Footnotes have been renumbered consecutively and moved to the end of the text.
  • Punctuation and other obvious typographic inaccuracies were silently corrected.
  • Archaic and variable spelling has been preserved.
  • Variations in hyphenation and compound words have been preserved.
  • The list of Illustrations credits “Dido at Chusan” to Anonymous. But in the text, Keppel notes that Watson of the Modeste made the drawing. Naval records show that Rundle Burges Watson commanded the Modeste at this time. List of Illustrations updated to give Watson credit for the drawing.
  • The index that is in volume III has been replicated into volumes I and II. Only those page numbers pertaining to this volume have been linked.

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52 Built by the Romans in the fourteenth century, it was Built by the Romans, in the fourteenth century it was
277 Rundle, Bowles, Watson, Rundle Burges Watson