Note 37 — CHAP. XIV. CRUISE OF THE IMPÉRIEUSE.
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The excuse offered to me was, that the purser had been making use of the captain’s name, for his own purposes! A very improbable story, as in such a case it would not have been difficult to convict the purser and exonerate himself. The disgraceful letter to Lord Collingwood, however, clearly pointed out the delinquent.