know their names; all that he knew was that his own name was Jack; so
they christened him John _Lamb_, and the gentleman took care of him."

"Have you no idea how many men were saved, Turner?"

"I only know this--that the Admiralty ordered five pounds a man to be
given to the seamen who were saved, as a recompense for the loss of
their clothes, and I heard that only seventy-five claimed it; but how
many marines were saved, or other people who were on board, I do not
know; but perhaps, altogether, there might be two hundred or more--for
you see the seamen had the worst chance of being saved, as they were
almost all down in the hold, or on the lower and main decks at their
guns. A few days after the ship went down the bodies would come up,
eight or ten almost the same time--rising to the top of the water so
suddenly as to frighten people who were passing near. The watermen made
a good thing of it; for, as the bodies rose, they took from them their
shoe-buckles, money, and watches, and then towed them on shore to be
buried."

"That lieutenant had much to answer for," observed Ben. "His false pride
was the cause of it all."

"It would seem so--but God only knows," replied Anderson. "Come, my
lads, the beer is out, and it's two bells in the middle watch. I think
we had better turn in. Jack, what's to become of you?"

"Oh, I'll find a plank," said I.

"So you shall, boy, and a bed upon it," replied Ben. "Come and turn in
with me, and don't you dream that the larboard lower deck ports are