In a note of his own writing it is stated, that on paying off the _Montague_, in July, 1816, he came on shore, after having been actively employed _at sea_ twenty-seven years, six months, one week, and five days, out of a servitude in the navy of twenty-nine years, seven months, and one day.
Having reached nearly the top of the list of captains, he died in this present year, leaving behind him a high and unblemished character in that service, of which he was a most honourable, intelligent, and distinguished member..