CHAPTER III.

THE MEN OF THE SEA. The Great Lexicographer on Sailors—The Dangers of the Sea—How 42 Boys become Sailors—Young Amyas Leigh—The Genuine Jack Tar—Training-Ships _versus_ the old Guard-Ships—“Sea-goers and Waisters”—The Training Undergone—Routine on Board—Never-ending Work—Ship like a Lady’s Watch—Watches and “Bells”—Old Grogram and Grog—The Sailor’s Sheet Anchor—Shadows in the Seaman’s Life—The Naval Cat—Testimony and Opinion of a Medical Officer—An Example—Boy Flogging in the Navy—Shakespeare and Herbert on Sailors and the Sea