THE portrait on the cover is of Cox- swain Matthew Lethbridge, of St.

Mary's, in the Scilly Isles. He has been an officer of the life-boat for 32 years. He served as second coxswain from 1920 to 1925, and since 1925 he has been the coxswain. In October, 1927, he won the Institution's silver medal for gallantry for rescuing four lives from the Italian steamer Isabo..