Dana, Richard Henry, 1815-1882
. Two years before the mast, and twenty-four years after: a personal narrative / by Richard Henry Dana, Jr.
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[note 1] This word "lay," which is in such general use on board ship, being used in giving orders instead of "go;" as, "Lay forward!" "Lay aft!" "Lay aloft!" etc., I do not understand to be the neuter verb lie, mispronounced, but to be the active verb lay, with the objective case understood; as, "Lay yourselves forward!" "Lay yourselves aft!" etc.
Chapter 5
CHAPTER V
CAPE HORN