158 CAPTAIN ZACHARY G. LAMSON 



Samuel Ingersoll, master, in the capacity 

 of cook, bound to Martinique. We had 

 about thirty days passage, sold our cargo 

 well, got a return cargo and sailed for home 

 where we arrived in September. The only 

 remark of note that voyage bears was the 

 eccentricity of the captain and my awk- 

 wardness in cooking. Captain Ingersoll 

 was a very humane man and very moderate. 

 He put me before the mast on my passage 

 home and put a young man, who shipped 

 as a hand, in as cook. I can remark with 

 propriety that my ambition always ob- 

 tained for me any favors from those sailed 

 with, so that I never felt any diffidence 

 asking them. 



On remaining at home about two months, 

 I entered upon the Brig Mars, 1 Salem, 

 Joseph Orne, master, belonging to William 

 Orne, Esq., in capacity of light hand. We 

 had a large crew, say thirteen in number, 



1 Brigantine "Mars," 152 tons burden, built in 1784, 

 William Orne owner. Wrecked on the coast of Nova 

 Scotia in 1802. 



