Sailors on Shore A standing sailor talks to another seated on a horse. Both are wearing striped trousers, short blue jackets and round hats. The mounted sailor, on the left, has a pipe in his mouth and a bundle on a stick over his shoulder. The horse has various items attached to its saddle, and it has been tied to a large rock on the ground by means of a rope tied to its tail. It has its head down and is straining against the rope. The standing sailor asks the other: "Why Jack. What the deauce do you do. -with that great stone tied to the tail of your horse?" The other sailor replies: "You must know messmate it is an innovation of my own. - I've come but a short voyage d'ye see, and have in the time been unshipp'd twice, by this fellows pitching on his knees, So d-ye see. - I had some ballast to the stern, and shiver my timbers if there ever was a better thing invented to prevent a vessel from going too much ahead." 14 Sep 1800