Capt. Clews, whose jovial face and perennial smile compel a return in kind, was going to New York for a few days, and hearing that except for an uncle he was without friends in the American metropolis, I offered some letters of introduction. On his return, he apologized for not having presented them, but explained he found it impossible to get away from his uncle. Long afterwards it developed that the uncle in question was Henry Clews, the great banker. Capt. Griffiths, now on the _Empress of Britain_, Capt. Griffith Evans, now I think the senior of the Ocean Service shippers, and Capt. Parry, are all fellow countrymen of Lloyd George, and very properly proud of it. Capt. Webster is also well among the seniors, but as fit and hearty as ever. Capt. Kendall, to whom belongs the credit of the capture of Dr. Crippen, Capt. Murray, who was chief officer on the _Lake Champlain_ when I crossed on her sixteen years ago, bore a gallant part in the action and was severely wounded when the _Carmania_ sank the _Cap Trafalgar_. Masters of the Inland Seas. On the Great Lakes Capt. E. B. Anderson was as well known as the _Manitoba_ was popular with the travelling public. He never told, if he ever knew, the date of his birth, but it is believed he was nearer eighty than seventy when he retired. It would have required much stronger proof than his appearance to credit him with more than fifty summers. Capt. Jim McAllister commanded the _Alberta_ for many years and afterwards lived in Vancouver and Fort William. To the day of his death he stoutly maintained that there not only had never been, but there never could be, the equal of the _Alberta_. Capt. Louis Payette was on the bridge of the _Assiniboia_ making his ship fast in the Canadian lock one day in 1909 when the _Perry Walker_ smashed the lock gates and let both the _Assiniboia_ and _Crescent City_ drop down eighteen feet with the full force of Lake Superior behind them. There was an anxious few minutes, but Capt. Payette’s coolness and good seamanship minimized the damage and he was able to finish his voyage with passengers and cargo intact.