248 CAPTAIN ZACHARY G. LAMSON 



c3000 for my Brig and 10 per cent for my- 

 self. 1 But before sailing, to show the ras- 

 cality of the Spaniards I had on board, 

 when they had the chance, I will relate the 

 conduct of them. My mate and eight of 

 my crew never had, during the coppering 

 of my vessel, paid any attention, but were 

 continually gone. I had complained to 

 them of their conduct. The mate as Prin- 

 cipal, with the crew, called on the Consul 

 General and informed him I was an Ameri- 

 can owner of the vessel, and that she was 

 not Spanish. The Consul General wrote a 

 letter to the Vice Consul, who informed 

 me of it. I directed the vice consul to re- 

 quest him to see her papers and call on 

 Messrs. Bainbridge & Brown, and he 

 would be satisfied. He was satisfied, and 

 gave the man no hearing. They called on 

 the Spanish minister, who wrote the Con- 

 sul General and received the Consul Gen- 

 eral's reply, when the minister sent me a 



1 Primage was a sum over and above the freight, paid 

 the captain of a vessel for looking after the cargo. 



