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them. When their fortifications were thought strong enough todefend them from the assaults of enemies, it was frequent to dragtheir ships to shore, which the Greeks called ctwXxeiv, the Romanssubducere. Around the ships the soldiers disposed their tents, asappears every where in Homer: hut this seems only to have beenpractised in winter, when their enemy’s fleet was laid up and couldnot assault them ; or in long sieges, and when they lay in no dan-ger from their enemies by sea ; as in the Trojan war, where thedefenders of Troy never once attempted to encounter the Gre-cians in a sea-fight. The adjacent places were usually filled withinns and stews, well stocked with females, that prostituted thern-self.es to the mariners, merchants, and artificers of all sorts, who

flocked thither in great numbers ; this, however, appears to havehappened only in times of peace.

Naval Crown, among the ancient Romans, a crown adorn-ed with figures of prows of ships, conferred on persons whoin sea-engagements first boarded the enemy’s vessel. SeeCrown.

Naval Engagement. See Naval Tactics.

Naval Stores, comprehend all those particulars made use of,not only in the royal navy, but in every other kind of navigation ;as timber and iron for shipping, pitch, tar, hemp, cordage, sail-cloth, gunpowder, ordnance, and fire-prms of every sort, ship-chandlery wares, See,

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