Chapter 30

FOOTNOTES:

FOOTNOTES:

[1]Mexican dollars.

[1]Mexican dollars.

[2]There is a prescribed rule for hailing a boat at night. A ship, seeing a boat approaching, hails, “Boat ahoy!” If enlisted men are in the boat the proper answer is “Hello!” If midshipmen are in the boat the answer is “No! No!” if commissioned officers, “Aye! Aye!” If a captain is in the boat the answer is the name of his ship, and an admiral’s proper answer is “Flag”—meaning that the boat carries an admiral’s flag.

[2]There is a prescribed rule for hailing a boat at night. A ship, seeing a boat approaching, hails, “Boat ahoy!” If enlisted men are in the boat the proper answer is “Hello!” If midshipmen are in the boat the answer is “No! No!” if commissioned officers, “Aye! Aye!” If a captain is in the boat the answer is the name of his ship, and an admiral’s proper answer is “Flag”—meaning that the boat carries an admiral’s flag.

[3]Twelve rifles.

[3]Twelve rifles.


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