1956, January 31ˢᵗ: Alan Alexander Milne; quoted in:
And alſo the Q. highneſſs Aulnageor of the ſaid County Palantine for the time being, vpon triall of the weight of euery ſuch Cotton, Frize, and Rugge, ſhall fixe and put, or cauſe to bee fixed and put to euery ſuch cotton, frize, and rug, the Queenes highneſſe ſeale of leade hauing the Portculleis crowned, ingraued on the other ſide thereof, and the true weight of euery ſuch cotton, Friſe or rugge, to bee ingraued on the other ſide of the ſaid ſeale, vpon paine of forfeiture of all and euerie ſuch clothes, cottons, friezes, and rugges, conueied, carried, ſent, ſold, and put to ſale, or to the intent to be ſold being vnſealed, contrary to the meaning of this preſent Act:[…]
Deckwise, there was a Supreme Capt., an Assistant Supreme Capt., a deputy Supreme Capt., six Asst. Deputy Supreme Capts., six Jr. Asst. Deputy Supreme Capts., six Jr. Third Asst. Deputy Capts., and the usual number of Chief Mates, Asst. Chief Mates, Second Mates, Third Mates and Fourth Mates, about 72 mates in all, Dad thinks.
It was my fate to commence my career in the medical service forty years ago in the presanitary days, long before the introduction of modern methods of diagnosis, at two of the most unhealthy stations in the whole of India — Bellary and Secunderabad.
