Aldrich, Thomas Bailey, 1836-1907 · Boston, CT : Hall and Locke · leaf 299
ain of a man-of-war shouldbe a good sailor, and have hisvvm • ship in such disciphne as to be strictly \M^ obeyed by his ships company. I heard the officers unanimously assert, after the danger wasover, that nothing but the presence of mind whichwas shown by Captain Savage could have saved theship… … The Club-Hauling of the Diomede 263 that they were certain to go to pieces before they couldbe got afloat again. We were obUged to double-reefthe topsails as soon as we hauled to the wind, and theweather looked very threatening. In an hour after-wards, the whole sky was covered with one black…
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