"The topgallantmasts had already been struck, the hatches battened down, deadlights shipped and the boats on the booms double-griped..."--Patrick O'Brian, The Letter of Marque, 65
"The topgallantmasts had already been struck, the hatches battened down, deadlights shipped and the boats on the booms double-griped..."
--Patrick O'Brian, The Letter of Marque, 65