The seaman's vade-mecum and defensive war by sea

Containing, the proportions of rigging, masts and yards, weight of anchors, sizes and weight of cables and cordage. The exercise of the small arms, bayonet, granades and great-guns, duty of officers, &c. Also, shewing how to prepare a merchant-ship for a close fight, by disposing their bulk-heads, leaves, comings, look-holes, &c. Chasing; the advantages to be taken by the chase considered under all positions in respect to wind and tide. Defensive-fighting; shewing how merchant-ships are to act, whether single or in fleets, when cannonaded or boarded by the enemy. An epitome of the art of gunnery. Naval fortification; the advantages of mooring considered, in respect to wind and tide: how to lay booms in straight or crooked rivers, with many other particulars relating to the navy and merchant service

By William Mountaine, teacher of the mathematics