102 TESTIMONIES TO HIS CHARACTER. 
How zealously must he have laboured in his 
profession ! How great must have been the pro- 
fessional merits of one, who could have earned, 
at the age of forty-three, such ample testimonies 
to his worth ! 
The reader may wish to know something of 
Captain Heywood's personal appearance. His 
figure was well-proportioned, and rather above the 
middle height. His features were regular and 
good, and indicative of a calm, observant, and re- 
flecting mind. In conversation his countenance 
was lighted up with cheerfulness and vivacity. 
This chapter cannot conclude better than with 
a spirited stanza from a copy of verses, written 
by one of the Montagus crew, and sent to 
Captain Heywood, by desire of the whole ship's 
company, when that vessel was put out of com- 
mission in 1816 : — 
" Farewell to thee, Heywood ! a truer one never 
Hath exercised rule o'er the pons of the wave ; 
The seamen who served thee would serve thee for ever. 
Who sway'd, but ne'er fetter' d, the hearts of the brave." 
