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reflects much credit on all concerned, from the captain, who, 

 as a boy, began his career on board the vessel which he now 

 commands, downwards. Particularly is the second officer 

 a veteran of forty years' experience in this work to be 

 congratulated on the possession of a " clean sheet " after 

 such protracted service in what is frequently an extremely 

 hazardous calling. 



