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that their ship was fitted up, for punish- 

 ment to officers who had been suspended, 

 and I learned the character of the different 

 officers, and, from her first Lieutenant to 

 carpenter, they had been suspended from 

 larger ships. The purser, though I do not 

 remember his name, was an exception. He 

 was a young man and was probably as for- 

 ward in his rank as he would have been on 

 any ship ; his responsibility was the same. 

 The only officer whose name I recollect 

 was the drunken first Lieutenant ; his name 

 was Yates. At the expiration of a week the 

 "Starling Gun Brig," Lieutenant Napier, 

 arrived and the next day the wind came 

 fair. I was ordered aboard of her and a 

 prize crew was put on board my ship and 

 under convoy was ordered to England. 



On board the Starling 1 I was very com- 

 fortable, living and passing my time with 

 Napier. We arrived at Yarmouth and as 

 soon as we arrived I found that the sloop 



1 Brig " Starling," 12, commanded by Lieutenant, 

 afterwards Admiral, Sir Charles Napier. 



