Note f — CORRESPONDENCE OF THE FAMILY OF HADDOCK.
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“Carter was the first who broke the French line. He was struck by a splinter of one of his own yard-arms, and fell dying on the deck. He would not let go his sword. ‘Fight the ship,’ were his last words; ‘fight the ship as long as she can swim.’”—Macaulay, Hist. of England, chap. xviii.