238 CAPTAIN ZACHARY G. LAMSON 



but I felt the greatest attachment to him 

 from the manner it was offered. The tears 

 stood in his eyes. He had been in my room 

 repeatedly on board, and, as he was study- 

 ing the various branches of navigation 

 under the care of Mr. Holbrook, the mas- 

 ter, he would apply to me frequently by 

 questions relating to certain rules, which 

 I took pleasure in communicating to him. 

 After remaining three weeks in St. John, 

 my friend Pyem Lovett and myself bought 

 a small schooner, which we sold out to sev- 

 eral, whom the Admiral permitted to go 

 home. Our vessel cost us $1800 and sold 

 for $400 in Boston. We had about four- 

 teen days passage and had some of the 

 best young men in Philadelphia with us. 

 We were about eighteen in number on 

 board. Part did not pay passage. We had 

 several who were disagreeable on board 

 but of Lovett and myself they kept clear, 

 as we each took charge daily in our turn. 

 We arrived in Boston, when each of us pro- 

 ceeded direct to our homes to the great joy 



