Note 1 — MY FIRST VOYAGE

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.