considerable damage to others with the shot; and would kill and wound many men by the explosion and the fall of the stones.... As the success of these Vessels will depend entirely upon their not being suspected by the Enemy, the utmost secrecy must be observed in preparing the Machines and sending them to the places where they are to be kept. A few confidential men only should be employed to make them, and they should be so covered as to prevent any suspicion of their use, or of what they contain." INDEX Adams, Capt., _Admiral Spry_ tender, _Adventure_, H.M.S., Ages below eighteen and over fifty-five exempt, Alcock, Henry, Mayor of Waterford, Alms, Capt., _Amaranth_, H.M.S., Ambrose, Capt., Amherst, Capt, _Amphitrite_, H.M.S., Andover, the press-gang at, _Anglesea_, H.M.S., Anne, Queen, impresses foreign seamen, arms of press-gang under, drummers and fifers pressed for navy in her reign, sailors unwilling to serve, Anson, Admiral Lord, Anthony, John, pressed with two protections on him, Appledore, press-gang at, 72, Apprentices, exempt from impressment only in some circumstances, in North-country pressed because their indentures bore Scotch 14s. stamp instead of English 15s., Archer, Capt, Arms of the press-gang, _Assurance_, H.M.S., Aston, Capt, Atkinson, Lieut., Ayscough, Capt., Baily, James, a ferryman, pressed for his inactivity, Baird, Capt, Balchen, Capt., Ball, Capt., Banyan days, Bargemen impressed in thousands, Barker, Capt., regulating officer at Bristol, midshipman. Barking, the press-gang at, Barnicle, William, Barnsley, Lieut., Barrington, Capt., Bath, Bristol gang's fruitless attempt at, Bawdsey, _Beaufort_, East Indiaman, Beecher, Capt, Bennett, Capt, Bertie, Capt, Bethell, Capt, paid damages for wrongfully impressing, Bettesworth, John, claims privilege of granting private protections to Ryde and Portsmouth ferrymen, Biggen, Charles, Billingsley, Capt., Bingham, William, Birchall, Lieut., _Bird-in-hand_, H.M.S., Birmingham, sham gangs at, _Black Book_ of the Admiralty, Blackstone, Sir W., Blackwater, men working turf boats on, not exempt, _Blanche_, H.M.S., Blear-eyed Moll, _Blonde_, H.M.S., Boats for the press-gang, Boat steerers on whalers exempt from impressment, Boatswains, conditions of exemption, _Bonetta_ sloop, Boscawen, Capt., Boston, Mass., Bounty system, the, Bowen, Capt., Box, Lieut, Boys, Capt., Brace, Lieut., Bradley, Lieut, Brawn, Capt., Breedon, Lieut., Brenton, Capt. Jahleel, afterwards Vice-Admiral, Brenton, E. P., _Naval History_, Brenton, Lieut, Brereton, Capt., Brett, Capt, 110, Bridges a favourite haunt of the press-gang, Brighton, the press-gang at, Bristol, the press-gang at, Bristol jail as press-room, _Bristol_, H.M.S.,