Chapter 12

Naval ratings and sea pay--Mustering clothes--Between decks on Sunday--Piping to supper--Mustering by lists--A seaman disrated and rerated--Ratings of seamen--Tendency to do right--Examining stores--Captain's duties--Clothes' muster--Responsibility--A sailor's kit--A sailor's habits--Mizen-top dandies--Hammocks--Piping the bags down--Pressing emigrants--A Scotchman's kit--Improved clothes' muster