160 CAPTAIN ZACHARY G. LAMSON 



beef and bread, and in consequence of the 

 captain and officers disagreeing, the crew 

 became mutinous and our vessel was a 

 constant scene of debauchery. The captain 

 lost all respect and we were in danger of 

 our lives part of the time. Fighting and 

 quarreling was the word of the day. One 

 thing is very singular as regards the crew, 

 they were all first rate as seamen and all 

 have risen to be masters, and have made 

 first rate captains in respect to order and 

 discipline on board their ships. When we 

 arrived in Salem the authority of the crew 

 was so great with the captain, he would 

 not see the crew when they were paid off. 

 I was selected by the owner as one to re- 

 main by the vessel till the others were clear, 

 and in two or three days after, I was called 

 into the counting room and the clerks were 

 ordered out, when Mr. Orne and son re- 

 quested me to give a correct statement of 

 the proceedings of the voyage, as regarded 

 the conduct of the crew and of the captain. 

 My situation was delicate, consequently, I 



