One told of his powder, six pounds of which were needed to throw a ball a thousand yards. Another cursed the Admiralty Courts, where a prize goes in as a full-rigged ship and comes out as a schooner.
L'un parlait de sa poudre dont il fallait six livres pour lancer un boulet à mille yards, l'autre maudissait les tribunaux de l'Amirauté, où la prise entre comme un vaisseau bien gréé et en sort comme un schooner.