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Updated: May 31, 2025
Wolfe was determined to go and fight. Nothing could stop him. There was no commission for him as an officer. Never mind! He would go as a volunteer and win his commission in the field. So, one hot day in July 1740, the lanky, red-haired boy of thirteen-and-a-half took his seat on the Portsmouth coach beside his father, the veteran soldier of fifty-five.
While the relieving pilot put on his gloves and lit his cigar, his partner, the retiring pilot, would say something like this 'Quarter twain' is two-and-a-quarter fathoms, thirteen-and-a-half feet. 'Yes, I thought it was making down a little, last trip. Meet any boats? 'Met one abreast the head of 21, but she was away over hugging the bar, and I couldn't make her out entirely.
While the relieving pilot put on his gloves and lit his cigar, his partner, the retiring pilot, would say something like this 'Quarter twain' is two-and-a-quarter fathoms, thirteen-and-a-half feet. 'Yes, I thought it was making down a little, last trip. Meet any boats? 'Met one abreast the head of 21, but she was away over hugging the bar, and I couldn't make her out entirely.
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