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CASE OF GREAT BRITAIN. 

 No. 4. 



" Farourite.'^ — IVariicd out of Behring Sea bj; United States sleam-shi}) " Corwin," Ainjust 



2, 1SS6. 



For— 



I Aiiionntof 



claim as 



|piit forward 



by owner. 



Estimated loss of catch of 1,000 seals $7, 000. 00 Two affidavits of J. B. Warren, &c 



Evidence in support of claim. 



Claim by owner, with interest at 7 j.er cent, to 

 date of payment 7,000.00 



DECLARATION OF .JAMES DOUGLAS WARREN. 



City of Ottawa, Frovince of Ontario^ Dominion of Canada. 



I, James Douglas Warren, of the city of Victoria, in the Province of 

 British Columbia, of the Dominion of Canada, master mariner and 

 ship-owner, do solemnly and sincerely declare as follows: 



1. I am the duly authorized agent of Charles Spring, merchant, of 

 Victoria aforesaid, the owner of the hereinafter-mentioned schooner 

 "Favourite." 



2. That the schooner "Favourite" herein referred to is a British ves- 

 sel of 80 tons, registered at tlie port of Victoria aforesaid, and was so 

 registered at the time of the occurrence hereinafter set out, namely, on 

 the 1st and 2ud days of August, A. d. 1880. 



3. That towards the end of the month of Maj^, A. d. 1880, after hav- 

 ing been duly cleared at the port of Victoria aforesaid, for that ])urpose, 

 the said schooner "Favourite" sailed on and for a full season's hunting 

 and lishing in the North Pacific Ocean and Behring Sea. 



4. That on and for said voyage the crew of the said "Favourite" 

 consisted of Alexander McLean, of Victoria aforesaid, master, a mate, 

 and twenty-three sailors and hunters, and completely equipped and 

 in'ovisioned for a full season of hunting and fishing in said waters. 



5. 1 am informed by the said master of the "Favourite,'' and several 

 of the crew of the "Favourite," and do verily believe, that ou the night 

 of the 1st August, or early morning of the 2nd August, A. D. 1880, the 

 said "Favourite," while in the Behring Sea, not far from Avhere the 

 schooner "Onward" was seized on the said morning of the 2nd August, 

 1880, and while lawfully pursuing the objects of said voyage, was hailed 

 by United States steain-shii) " Corwin," then having in tow the seized 

 vessels "Thornton" and "Carolena." After the usual in(puries as to 

 the name of the vessel, the Commander or ofticer then in charge of the 

 said "Corwhi" ordered the "Favourite" to cease sealing and leave 

 Behring Sea forthwith, otherwise she would be seized, or words to that 

 effect. The master of the "Favourite," not wishing to risk seizure, 

 and fearing that if he remained in the said sea his vessel and cargo 

 would be so seized and threatened by the Commander of the "Corwin," 

 and for no other reason or reasons whatever, at once made all sail and 

 left the said sealing grounds, thereby lo.smg the remainder of the seal- 

 ing season. 



0. That by reason of so being forced to cease sealing and leave 

 Behring Sea at about the beginning of the best ])eriod of the sealing 

 season, the "Favourite" lost at least J, 000 sealskins, and her total 

 catch for the season was reduced by that much. 



