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page (284) states that there were 102 Canadians 

 on Barclay's vessels, not counting the Detroit, and 

 we know that Barclay originally joined the squad- 

 ron with 19 sailors from the Ontario fleet, and that 

 subsequently 50 sailors came up from the Dover. 

 James gives at the end of his "Naval Occurrences" 

 some extracts from the court-martial held on Cap- 

 tain Barclay. Lieut. Thomas Stokes, of the Queen 

 Charlotte, there testified that he had on board "be- 

 tween 1 20 and 130 men,. officers and all together," of 

 whom "16 came up from the Dover three days be- 

 fore." James, on p. 284, says her crew already 

 consisted of no men; adding these 16 gives us 126 

 (almost exactly "between 120 and 130"). Lieu- 

 tenant Stokes also testified that the Detroit had more 

 men on account of being a larger and heavier ves- 

 sel; to give her 150 is perfectly safe, as her heavier 

 guns and larger size would at least need 24 men 

 more than the Queen Charlotte. James gives the 

 Lady Prevost 76, Hunter 39, Little Belt, 15, and 

 Chippeway 13 men; Canadians and soldiers, a total 

 of 143 ; supposing that the number of British sailors 

 placed on them was proportional to the amount 

 placed on board the Queen Charlotte, we could add 

 21. This would make a grand total of 440 men, 

 which must certainly be near the truth. This num- 

 ber is corroborated otherwise: General Bayne, as 

 already quoted, says that there were aboard 250 

 soldiers, of whom 72 were killed or wounded. Bar- 

 clay reports a total loss of 135, of whom 63 must 

 therefore have been sailors or Canadians, and if the 



