When the captors came to reckon the losses, they found their own were trifling. The _United States_ carried four hundred and seventy-eight people all told, out of which number Lieutenant John Messer Funk and six seamen were killed, and five only were wounded. The ship had lost her mizzen topgallant-mast, and some of her yards were slashed a little. Her rigging was cut up somewhat, but only three round shot struck her hull. On the _Macedonian_ forty-three were killed, including two lieutenants, while sixty-one were wounded, of whom one was the undaunted First Lieutenant David Hope, who was severely hurt. So more than one-third of her crew were in the list of casualties, in spite of the long range. As already told, the ship was practically dismasted and more than one hundred round shot had struck her hull, passing through her side below the water-line--an exhibition of marksmanship not to be forgotten by any naval seaman. Inevitably a comparison of the forces of the two ships must be made. The _United States_ (according to Roosevelt) fired twenty-seven guns throwing 786 pounds of metal at a full broadside; the _Macedonian_ fired twenty-five guns throwing 547 pounds of metal. The crew of the _United States_ numbered four hundred and seventy-eight and that of the _Macedonian_ three hundred and one. James asserts that the _Macedonian_ carried an unusual percentage of boys, and that the _United States_ carried but one boy who was seventeen years old. Now, what could have been the state of mind of the English officers when they reported at home that all of the dozen and odd twelve-year and thirteen-year old powder-monkeys on the _United States_ were seventeen years old or older?