ccxvi, apparently from a captain's copy which is undated.
[3] _Ibid._ v.

283.
[4] Professor Laughton pointed out (_op.

cit._) that the conditions will fit June to August 1804, but that it might have been 'earlier, certainly not later.' [5] It is very doubtful whether this formation was ever intended for anything but tactical exercises.

Morogues has a similar signal and instruction (_Tactique Navale_, p.

294, ed.