"Sea coal" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... battle. In ships of war, the members of the "music," as the band is called, are generally non-combatants; and mostly ship, with the express understanding, that as soon as the vessel comes within long gun-shot of an enemy, they shall have the privilege of burrowing down in the cable-tiers, or sea coal-hole. Which shows that they are inglorious, but ...
— White Jacket - or, the World on a Man-of-War • Herman Melville |
