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it may be found ; to the management of 
great guns and fmall arms; tothe ufe of 
the farls, rigging, and even to the refitting. 
and caulking veffels, &c.; fo that this 
apprenticefnip will equaily qualify the 
learner to conduct a fhip, to repair it in 
cafe of need, and to defend It. 
“Since the fir& inftirution of the fe- 
minary, only five pupils have died, of 
whom one perifhed by a fall from the top 
rigging of the fhip; two died by the 
fmall-pox, and two others by ordinary dif- 
eafes. 
<<’ Their apparel is very fimple, attend- 
ed with little coft, yet commodious. It 
confifts of worfted fiockings, fhoes tied 
with ftrings, large breeches, and a fhort 
failor-like jacket, made of grey linen 
cloth for the fummer, and of wool, of the 
fame-eolour, for the winter. They wear 
alfo a kind of red furtout, very fhort, 
which they put over their other clothes 
‘when they perform their exercifes, or go 
out of the houfe. Their hats are round, 
and made of good black felt, with a blue 
ribbon about them, on which was an In- 
fcription in Dutch, which I did not un- 
derftand,” fays Mr. Thouin, ‘‘ and con- 
fequently did not retain. 
© With regard to their board, they 
breakfaft regularly on water-gruel; at 
dinner, they have foup, potatoes, ftock- 
fith, bread made of a mixture of rye and 
corn, butter and cheefe. For a thange, they 
are ferved twice a week with peas, beans, 
and kidney beans, lentils, frefh meat, 
beef or mutton, and vegetables, according 
to the feafon; the fupper is always the 
fame as the dinner; and, at all their meals, 
they are allowed as much beer as they 
call for. 
‘© They fleep in hammocks fufpend- 
ed to the cieling of a large dormitory, 
which dormitory refembles the interior 
fruéture of a fhip; in thefe hammocks 
are a mattrefs, a hempen fhect, and a 
worfted coverlit. To make the illufion 
more complete, under every hammock 1s 
a coffer, like thofe the marines have when 
at fea, to fow their baggage in. ‘Thefe 
coffers ferve them for a wardrobe, for a 
feat, and are alfo ufed to tuck up the 
hammocks every morning to the cieling, 
and to untie them at night." 
“© The houfe is very fimple, being an 
oblong fquare, with four ftories’; every 
- {tory comprifes a large plot, diftributed af- 
ter different manners, 
» On the ground-flour, which is fome- 
what lower than the level of the court, 
are Magazines for fuch articles as are not 
liable to be damaged by moifture ; a place 
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Medals—Marine Scheol of Amflerdam. 
(Ser. 
to perform the exercifes with fmall-arms, 
culinary offices, and the refectory. 
“On the firft ftory, comprifing half of 
its length, is a hall, in which the feholars 
write, read, defen, and ftudy. The 
other haif is ufed for the dormitory above - 
mentioned; here the hammocks are fuf- 
pended at a fmall diftance from each other, 
and underneath them, are the coifcrs, 
with locks and keys, which contain their 
apparel. % . 
«“ The fecond ftory is divided into fe- 
parate chambers ; of thefe one is ufed for 
an infirmary, containing ten good beds 
with very white linen, and cther very 
neat furniture; the other is a difpen- 
fary, not over-loaded with drugs, but 
plentifully furnifhed with excellent cor- 
dials, honey, fugar, and jellies of different 
fruits, acid and favory. . 
‘¢ Next to thefe two rooms, are the 
apartments of the officer of health : they 
are curious, and convey 4 re{peétable idea 
of the perfon who occupies them. Ex- 
clufive of his own furniture, &c. which is 
fimple, and remarkably neat, we find a 
handiome library, and a glazed cupboard 
containing an aflortment ofanatomicai pre - 
parations,of bones difeafed and fractured in 
different ways. Befide them are placed 
inftruments of furgery, preferved with 
great neatnefs. It fhort, it is difficult to 
arrange .within fo fmall a_compafs {fo 
many ufeful and well-feleéted articles. 
The young man who poffeffes them, either 
is or will certainly become a man of 
merit. | 
“ On the fame ftory is a fpace appro- 
ptiated to the exercife of great guns. 
The manner in which this is performed 
is ingenious; on the walis are figured a 
portion of the fide-planks of-a large fhip 
of the line, in which is a port-hele with 
a real cannon of the ufual dimenfons ; 
the flooring here refembies that of a fhip; 
facing the mouth of the cannon, and at one 
end of the hall, is the white mark, cr 
point of aim, to which the piece 1s dire€t- 
ed. The pupils are fuperintended by a 
{kilful cannonecr, who trains them te the 
exercife. Ona given fignal, four of them 
drag the cannon out of its port-hole, ano~ 
ther ftops and places it; one puts i rhe 
cartridge, another the wadding, a third 
points it; a fourth opens the port-hele, 
a fifth direéts\ the aim, anda fixth fets 
fire tothe priming. As taking aim is the 
moft important part of the procefs, every 
time that the pointer has adjutted his 
piece in the ufual way, to afcertain whe- 
ther it is well direéted towards the point 
of airs, a plug which occupies the breech 
is 
