"George Williams."
"First captain and second boarder, sir."
"Walter Dowd."
"Second loader and first boarder, sir."
"James Smith."
"Shotman and pikeman, sir."
When the roll had been called the various division commanders reported to the executive officer, who always has charge of the gun-deck in action, and he approached the bridge on which the captain was standing, saluted with his sword, and said:
"All present or accounted for, sir."
"Very good, sir," answered the captain, giving the officer the paper he held in his hand. "There is what the commodore had to say to us in one of his signals. Read it to the men."
Mr. Watkins went back to his station and took off his cap; and instantly the eye of every sailor on deck was fixed upon him.