196 CAPTAIN ZACHARY G. LAMSON 



And with all their watch over me in the 

 Elbe, as to conversation with my officers, 

 I had it every day by letter. The same boat 

 that fetched my provisions invariably 

 brought a letter and carried one to my mate, 

 Mr. Jones, so that when I arrived at Yar- 

 mouth, I was as well prepared for my in- 

 terrogation as though I had lectured my 

 crew for a week. The Board of Commis- 

 sioners did declare that no case ever came 

 before them where there was such a simi- 

 larity in the answers to the questions pro- 

 posed. 



On arrival I wrote the House of Bain- 

 bridge & Brown of London and stated all 

 the particulars relating to the voyage and 

 capture, and described the cargo on board. 

 They wrote me to make myself perfectly 

 easy and come up to London as soon as I 

 could and bring up with me samples. On 

 the same day I received a letter from Mr. 

 Lyman our Consul, who had, through Mr. 

 Williams the vice-consul at Yarmouth, 

 been informed of our arrival and detention, 



