486 of bread then looked into the empty tea- classes cup and threw his bread down on to the stove to dry. The mate looked at my slice of bread, remarked that the corn seemed to have run dry and went forward to see what he could find. After finishing my dry bread, I started for my room at 11 o'clock and found the captain (H.C.P.) sitting at his desk with two glasses of chocolate before him, one of which was for me. I went on into my room to hang up my lamp. Before I got back, Captain Corner had come to the door of Captain Pickels's office and seen the latter drinking his chocolate. I think that P.C. did not see the second glass. At any rate he began to scold H.C.P. for a greedy hog, not half feed- ing his crew and passengers. An angry altercation ensued between the two captains which looked serious for at a time and as if it would