CHAPTER XIV.

Proclamation for payment of Officers and Men--Log extracts in proof thereof--The sum given up to the squadron disbursed--Denial thereof by the Brazilian Government--Though made to serve as advance of wages--The amount received at Maranham--Fully accounted for--By the receipts of the Officers--Officers' receipts--Extracts from log in further corroboration--Up to my arrival in England--All our prizes, monopolized by Brazil--The conduct of the Brazilian Government unjustifiable.