The following abbreviations are used for all drum solos and fill-ins.

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[…] Claggart's unobserved glance happened to light on belted Billy rolling along the upper gun deck in the leisure of the second dog-watch, exchanging passing broadsides of fun with other young promenaders in the crowd […]

We certainly told him at that time that I was negative. We talked about transmission. We told him we don't do anything that would cause me to become positive.