I can also say this: that bringing the ship here was masterly work, for I understand there were no officers on the Ariadne.

She always had the reputation of being one of the best-trained ships in the navy, and she has splendidly upheld that reputation.

How did you manage it, Mr.Calhoun ?" Dyck briefly told how the lieutenants were made, and how he himself had been enormously indebted to Greenock, the master of the ship, and all the subordinate officers.
The admiral smiled sourly.

"I have little power until I get instructions from the Admiralty, and that will take some time.

Meanwhile, the Ariadne shall go on as she is, and as if she were--and had been from the first, a member of my own squadron." Dyck bowed, explained what reforms he had created in the food and provisions of the Ariadne, and expressed a hope that nothing should be altered.