202 CAPTAIN ZACHARY G. LAMSON 



leave your ship." I remonstrated against 

 this arbitrary proceeding, telling him I 

 should not. Finding he was in the act of 

 going away, I took the document, one side 

 being blank, and wrote a correct statement 

 as regarded safety of the ship at Cuxhaven 

 and Glendat, and his producing the Docu- 

 ment after running me into danger, my two 

 officers signing as witness to my being 

 compelled to this measure. We arrived 

 at Hamburg at ten o'clock that evening 

 and made fast to the dolphin. I had my 

 cargo landed and my ship ballasted and 

 ready for sea in about three weeks. When 

 ready, to my surprise, a chain was put 

 around the main mast of our vessel and I 

 was summoned to appear before the Hon- 

 orable Senate of Hamburg, to show cause 

 why salvage should not be allowed to those 

 pilots, who had been silent until that mo- 

 ment. I called on Mr. Forbes, our Consul, 

 requesting him to attend the trial with me 

 and to note the affair. 



I appeared at three o'clock at the Senate 



