CHAPTER XV.
_A muster--Prisoners landed--The Starlight--Santa Cruz--Novel night procession--The Alert--Three sacrifices in a day--Weather Gauge captured--The Altamaha--A signal--The Benjamin Tucker--Burnt!--The Courser--Target practice--The Virginia--The Elisha Dunbar_.
From the 7th to the 18th of September was a busy time on board the Alabama.

Prize after prize was taken, and Captain Semmes' journal, as will be seen, is chiefly taken up with records of successful chases.
_Sunday, September 7th._--Running in for the island of Flores.

At 11 A.M.mustered the crew for the first time, and caused to be read the Articles of War, to which they listened with great attention.

At 3.30 P.M., having approached sufficiently near the town of Lagens, on the south side of the island, we sent all the prisoners on shore, having first paroled them in the three whale-boats belonging to the prize, Ocmulgee.

At 4 P.M.filled away upon the starboard tack to head off a schooner that appeared to be running in for the island.