derstands the "Cluett's" charter to call for the vessel's provisioning the whole party for the whole homeward voyage, including detentions, just as Captain Comer and I do, not otherwise, as Captain Pickels claims. MacDougall seems to be a sick man and H.C.P. is much worried lest his disease be intestinal tuberculosis & viable to terminate mortally before the "Cluett" can get home. The man's teeth are in very bad shape and are poisoning his system. He has Terrible headaches and when phenacetin relieves these the pain is localized in his bowels. From what Captain Pickels has said to Captain Comer and remarks that Ex- blaw has overheard, it seems evident that Captain Pickels hopes to make trouble between Mac Millan and me and profit by it. Perhaps H.C.P. has overheard part of what