Captain Trigger having protested against the dismantling of the vessel and the confiscation of its cargo,--which was as far as he could go,--announced that he would abide by any satisfactory plan to salvage the property.

He required an official, documentary report, however, in which every item removed was accounted for, with its condition and value set down and sworn to by responsible persons.

The purser, Mr.Codge, and First Officer Mott represented the Captain in this operation, while the consignees were properly taken care of by Michael O'Malley Malone, the lawyer, James K.Jones, the promoter, and Moses Block, the rubber importer.

It is unnecessary to deal further with this feature of the situation.

Suffice it to say, the transaction,--if it may be so denoted,--was managed with the utmost regularity and formality.