Mr. Finlayson, the Government actuary, who at that time held an official situation in the Admiralty, states:-In my own experience I have known, on separate occasions, more than six sailors who voluntarily confessed to having struck the first blow at Capt.
"The Book of Were-Wolves"
Sabine Baring-Gould
But I could never wrap up a pound of sugar neatly, however hard I might try; and the entries I made in the books of the firm would, I am sure, have puzzled the best actuary.
"Reminiscences of a South African Pioneer"
W. C. Scully
He has the brain of an artist, but the soul of an actuary, and, sometimes, I wish I were not so fond of him.
"A Top-Floor Idyl"
George van Schaick