Aubrey judges him "no seaman" but likes the young man. He volunteers to captain the pinnace when Fox insists on sailing to Java with the treaty. Dick Richardson: Third Lieutenant in the Diane, selected by Aubrey (called Spotted Dick as midshipman when introduced in The Mauritius Command aboard HMS Boadicea). Graham: Surgeon aboard HMS Diane, who is left behind when ship is windbound in Plymouth, not responding to the blue peter. Macmillan: Surgeon's mate, who took Graham's place despite his three months at sea, taking advice from Maturin. William Reade: Midshipman on HMS Diane, one of the two youngest in midshipman's berth. Fleming: Midshipman and son of an eminent natural philosopher and member of the Royal Society. Clerke: Midshipman. Greene: Midshipman. Harper: Midshipman on HMS Diane, other of the two youngest in midshipman's berth. Seymour: Masters mate, planning to take examination for lieutenant, one of two eldest in midshipman's berth. Bennett: Masters mate, also readying for the examination, other of the eldest pair in midshipman's berth. Elijah Butcher: Captain's clerk, who aids Aubrey in his regular records for Humboldt of the temperature and salinity of the sea on this voyage. Welby: Lieutenant of the Marines on HMS Diane. Hadley: Carpenter on HMS Diane. Ahmed: Malay servant to Maturin who aids him in learning the language during the voyage. In Pulo Prabang or Java Stamford Raffles: Governor of Java, residing at Buitenzorg. Duplessis: The French envoy in Pulo Prabang. Edward Ledward, once of the Treasury and Andrew Wray, once of the Admiralty: Two English traitors and both active enemies to Aubrey and Maturin; part of the French delegation. Both characters were introduced in Desolation Island. Sultan of Pulo Prabang: Ruler sought as an ally by Fox, for Britain, and Duplessis, for France. Sultana Hafsa: Wife of the Sultan, who is with child, and is of a powerful and jealous family. Abdul: Attractive boy who is a lover to the Sultan, and also to Ledward and Wray, his downfall. Cornelius van Buren: Well known biologist and anatomist with a special interest in the spleen, who lives at Pulo Batang, despite the Dutch having lost the lands. He married here, and keeps up a lively correspondence with natural philosophers in Europe and is a good colleague to Maturin. Lesueur: Clerk for the French who becomes a contact for Maturin, until the French uncover the dual role and kill Lesueur. Ananda: Buddhist monk at