prise were, in addition to the captain, as follows: In the afternoon of Monday, 19 July, there were on board besides Captain Pickels, Captain Comer and myself, the following as crew. Michael Davis, first mate, Dan Norman, second mate, William Fiander (or Frander), Ralph Parsons, William Mac Dougall, David Taylor and William Mendore, seaman, except Mac Dougall, who was a Nova Scotian, all natives of Newfoundland, Melrose Cotton of Melrose, Mass., engineer, Nathan Hiltz, of Mahone Bay, N.S., cook, and Charles F. Murphy, of Mt. Sinai (L.I.) N.Y., cabin boy and steward. The two mates, Fiander, Parsons and the cook were the only members of this crew who had ever seen service at sea or who knew the difference between a sheet and a block, but all were willing enough to work. The three Williams were distinguished as "Uncle Billy", "Mac" and "French Ben", while the cook's sobriquet was "Yankee Nathan" in spite of his German origin. Captain Pickels's home is Mahone Bay, N.S., but he is of American birth and retains American citizenship. All except Norman, the engineer and the cook were the holdovers from the crew that brought the "Cluett" to Sydney, the others being wholly new to the vessel. Mate Davis had had experience as a fisherman on the Grand Banks and elsewhere and as a sailor in coasting vessels, Second mate Norman had seen service as a Jackie in the United States navy and on coasters, Parsons had been sealing from St. John's