"Oblige me with a pull of the starboard bow hawser, Mr Jones."-- "Ease off the larboard hawser, Mr Jenkins, if you please."-- "Side her over, gentlemen, side her over."-- "My compliments to Mr Tompkins, and request that he will cast off the quarter-check."-- "Side her over, gentlemen, side her over, if you please."-- "In the boat there, pull to Mr Simmons, and beg he'll do me the favour to check her as she swings.

What's the matter, Mr Johnson ?"--"Vy, there's one of them ere midshipmites has thrown a red hot tater out of the stern-port, and hit our officer in the eye."-- "Report him to the commissioner, Mr Wiggins; and oblige me by under-running the guess-warp.

Tell Mr Simkins, with my compliments, to coil away upon the jetty.

Side her over, side her over, gentlemen, if you please." I asked of a bystander who these people were, and he told me that they were dockyard mateys.

I certainly thought that it appeared to be quite as easy to say "If you please," as "D----n your eyes," and that it sounded much more agreeable.
During the time that I was looking at the frigate being hauled out, two of the men belonging to the boat slipped away, and on my return they were not to be seen.