Gun deck, 24-pdr., 12 9′ 5¾″ 5,135 5.824 8 lbs. 700 yds. for’d. and aft American Gun deck, 24-pdr., 18 10′ 5¾″ 5,733 5.824 8 lbs. 700 yds. amidships English Spar deck 32-pdr., 20 5′ 5″ 2,240 6.41 4 lbs. 400 yds. carronades Spar deck, bow 24-pdr. 2 9′ 9½″ 4,170 5.824 8 lbs. 700 yds. chasers The two bow chasers are 18-pounders bored for 24-pound shot. They are lighter than the standard 24-pounder to reduce top weights. Total weight of broadside, 734 pounds. As shot were frequently underweight, this figure is not exact. Her complement was 400 officers and men, but she usually cruised with about 50 men in excess. At sea the men were crowded closely together and there was much sickness. The ration was fixed by law and it made a monotonous diet. The legal ration for Sunday was 1½ lbs. beef, 14 oz. bread, ½ lb. flour, ¼ lb. suet, ½ pt. spirits. On week days pork was sometimes substituted for beef, with cheese or dried peas in place of suet. The meat was usually salted, the bread stale and moldy, the spirits good. Transcriber’s Notes —Silently corrected a few typos. —Retained publication information from the printed edition: this eBook is public-domain in the country of publication. —In the text versions only, text in italics is delimited by _underscores_. —Inserted the original page-footer line drawings into the text. End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of Some Stories of Old Ironsides, by Holloway Halstead Frost