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ciimstances justified and indalgent parents did not dis- 

 approve. Although I had no establishment of my own, 

 I exercised the authority of a master over every grade of 

 dependents, both in-doors and out ; indeed, I occupied 

 such a j)osition that one day my old captain, when he 

 called to express his hearty congratulations at the change 

 of my appearance, assured me that he envied me the 

 fairness of my prosjDects. 



My father and his family living almost entirely in the 

 country, a distance of ten miles, I generally spent my 

 Sundays with them, accompanied by some friend or 

 other, whom I drove over, and to whom my father, I 

 knew, would gladly extend his hospitality. Upon one 

 occasion, I remember, I felt delighted in introducing to 

 our family circle one of my best and kindest shipmates — 

 the lieutenant officer of my watch^ I have before spoken 

 of, and to whom, on his return from India, I felt proud in 

 offering any civility in my power, for the very kind but 

 officer-like treatment I had ever received at his hands. 

 His fascinatino; manners and conversation, at all times 

 interesting and agreeable, made him a great favourite 

 with all. 



It was not long after this that a calamity befell him, and 

 for some considerable time removed him from our locality. 

 He had married a lady of excellent family and good 

 personal and mental accomplishments. On being ap- 

 pointed to the Plantagenet, 74, then lying in dock at 

 Portsmouth, he took his bride on board to see the ship, 

 when, looking down the hatchway, terrible to relate, she 

 was seized with a sudden giddiness, fell the whole depth 

 1 Lieutenant Samuel Greenway. 



