Under like circumstances, a merchant seaman goes to his _bunk_, and has the benefit of a good long sleep.

But in a man-of-war you can do no such thing; your hammock is very neatly stowed in the nettings, and there it must remain till nightfall.
But perhaps there is a corner for you somewhere along the batteries on the gun-deck, where you may enjoy a snug nap.

But as no one is allowed to recline on the larboard side of the gun-deck (which is reserved as a corridor for the officers when they go forward to their smoking-room at the _bridle-port_), the starboard side only is left to the seaman.

But most of this side, also, is occupied by the carpenters, sail-makers, barbers, and coopers.

In short, so few are the corners where you can snatch a nap during daytime in a frigate, that not one in ten of the watch, who have been on deck eight hours, can get a wink of sleep till the following night.