235, as to the new sailing formation in three columns.
[5] It should be noted that this is an important advance on the corresponding Article IX.

of the previous instructions, and that it contains a germ of the organisation of Nelson's Trafalgar memorandum.
[6] The continued insistence on fireship tactics in this and Articles XX.

and XXI.

should again be noted, although from 1793 to 1802 the number of fireships on the Navy List averaged under four out of a total that increased from 304 to 517.
[7] It should be remembered that at this time there were no davits and no boats hoisted up.

They were all carried in-board.
[8] This is a considerable modification of the signification of the signal; see _supra_, p.