Already heat and stuffiness ’tween decks so unpleasant that carpenters were set to work to cut out stern ports for ventilation.
The pilot who boarded her was at once struck by the horrible state of filth of the 'tween decks; he remained two days on board, and on returning home said to his wife, "This frigate will be heard of yet.
An earlier plan was ventilation of the hold and 'tween decks by means of Sutton's pipes[207], which found a strong advocate in the Rev.
We had had nothing to eat since tiffin, so we were ordered below to the 'tween decks to have supper.
It was very hot in the 'tween decks, although a ventilating fan was at work there, and after our meal we were all allowed to go on deck for some fresh air.
Soon after daybreak next morning, the men were allowed to go aft under the poop for a wash, with a very limited supply of water, and the ladies had a portion of the 'tween decks to themselves for a short time.
Also, a place parted off at the fore part of the 'tween decks, in some merchantmen, for stowing provisions and stores in.
Also a French gabarre, troop, or store ship, with very high 'tween decks.
Hanging stoves are also used on board ship for airing the 'tween decks.
Not a sound had he heard below, save Ho Hung's voice; but at his question three more figures rose up before him as if they were ghosts, though in the dense darkness of the 'tween decks he could not perceive them.
The danger was very urgent, for if the water were not constantly kept pouring down in volumes the heat must soon melt the end of the ventilator, and the fire gain access to the 'tween decks.
Gradually the 'tween decks cleared of smoke; and ere long steam alone, and but little of that, came up the ventilator.
Mr. Kelly, we have beaten the natives back for the present, but they have possession for'ard and below in the 'tween decks.
Followed by two or three seamen, the boatswain descended to the 'tween decks, and in a few minutes the black 'cargo' of the Leonie was standing on the main deck.
Their prison was down the main hatchway, on the 'tween decks, and the barricade, continued down, made its side walls.
Meanwhile Maurice Frere had passed the sentry and leapt down into the 'tween decks.
Tom found himself in a large cabin, at the back of which two guns were situated, roped and secured to deck rings as were those others he had seen in the 'tween decks.
A fight in the 'tween decks was no unusual occurrence in those days, and was a source of some interest to the men of the navy.
The side of the vessel at that point burst inward in a hundred splinters, and the iron messenger struck the very next gun to his, slithered and crashed across the 'tween decks, and finally brought up short against the opposite side.
At noon that day, at Noll Wing's profane command, Roy was put in irons and locked in the after 'tween decks to stay a week on bread and water.
Brander was to stay in the Sally, ironed in the after 'tween decks.
He sent Tichel and Yella' Boy into the main hold; Willis and Long Jim into the after 'tween decks.
Tichel thought they might have cut through from the after 'tween decks, and the stores were shifted in an effort to find such a secret entrance to the captain's stores.
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