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them. They were thus left till near sunset without a drop of water 

 fit to drink; though they frequently hailed Mr. Jones as he passed 

 and repassed, and stated to him their distress and begged for water, 

 their prayer was wholly disregarded. About sunsetting a vessel 

 from Campo Bello anchored alongside, and by permission of the 

 captain thereof they obtained from the shore a two-gallon keg filled 

 with water. 



These declarants further say, that when Mr. Jones became satisfied 

 there was no water fit for use on board the William, in a violent rage, 

 he said " the American fishermen had been damned saucy to the in- 

 habitants on Grand Menan." The master of the William, one of 

 these declarants, replied that such an allegation did not apply to his 

 vessel; that he had always used the inhabitants as he wished to be 

 treated himself. Jones then said " it was damned well for him he had 

 done so, for otherwise he should have confined him to the deck and 

 cut him into ounce pieces." To this the master of the William replied 

 he should not give himself any uneasiness on that account. Jones, 

 with an oath, replied to this, " damn you, I will confine you to the 

 deck and lash a pump brake across your mouth." 



The declarants further say that, on the next day, the William was 

 got under way, and taken to St. Andrew's and stripped ; that she had 

 over one hundred and twenty quintals of fish on board when she was 

 captured. Wherefore, they do protest, and I, the said notary, in their 

 behalf, do solemnly protest, against said Jones and the armed men 

 under his command, against pirates and piratical seizures, and deten- 

 tions of American fishermen, and whatsoever else caused the forcible 

 detention of said schooner William, and for all expenses, costs, 

 charges, and damages paid or sustained, or to be paid or sustained, 

 by reason of said detention. And I, the said notary, do solemnly 

 aver and declare that said detention was not by reason of any breach 

 of the revenue laws of Great Britain, or of the province of New 

 Brunswick, done or committed by said schooner William, or any one 

 on board thereof, but an unauthorized, a wanton, a piratical act of 

 the said Jones and his abettors. 



Charles Tabbut. 



Benjamin Reynolds. 



Josiah W. Perry. 



Thomas Wright. 



In faith whereof, I have hereunto affixed my seal of office, this 

 twenty-third day of August, anno Domini eighteen hundred and 

 twenty-four. 



[Inrlosuro 3 In Memorial No. 8.] 



United States of A uzbioa, State of Maine, Washington, 88. 



Be it known to all to whom these presents may come: Thai on this 

 twenty-fourth day of July, in the year of our Lord one thousand 

 eight hundred and twenty four, Ix-fore me, Solomon Thayer, notary 

 public, by legal authority duly commissioned and sworn, and residing 

 :n Lubec, State and county afore aid, personally appeared Hubbard 

 Hunt, junior, mate of the Bchooner Qaleon^ of Lubec, Nehemiah 

 Small. Daniel Jay, junior, John Hunt, and Edwin Hunt, sharesmen, 

 belonging to said schooner, who, being severally sworn, do depose 



