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directed his own crew to get her under way, which was done. We 

 were carried to St. John's in the Rebecca, and put ashore, and we 

 made the best of our way home, leaving the vessel. She now lies at 

 the wharf in St. John's. No libel or proceedings have ever been insti- 

 tuted against the Rebecca that I can learn ; and have learned from the 

 Collector of the port of St. Andrew's that a few days since she had 

 not been libelled. The Rebecca was owned wholly in Addison by 

 Wilmot Wass, Lemuel Wass, and myself. The place in Grand Menan 

 called Gull Cove had been formerly pointed out by the British author- 

 ities, on the island as well as on the water, as the place where we 

 should be permitted to anchor and throw the " gurry " overboard. 

 The loss to the owners must be at least seven hundred dollars. 



Jones Wass. 

 Sworn to before me, 



Ether Shepley. 

 November 1, 1824. 



I, John Wright, on oath, declare : That I was mate on board of the 

 Rebecca, and that all the facts above stated in the affidavit of Jones 

 Wass, which has been read to me, are true. 



John Wright. 

 Sworn to before me, 



Ether Shepley. 

 November 1, 1824. 



[Inelosure No. 6.] 



I, Charles Tabbut, on oath, declare: That I was master of the 

 schooner William, of Addison ; that I sailed on or about the 27th day 

 of June, 1824. fitted out for the fisheries, and proceeded to the fishing 

 ground, on and near Grand Menan Bank, and continued to fish, from 

 fifteen to eighteen miles distant from Grand Menan. until the thir- 

 teenth day of July, and on the fourteenth, having lost some of our 

 water, found ourselves in want of water, having only half a barrel on 

 board, and that too bad for use; then ran into Grand Menan for 

 water, that being the only place, as the weather then was, where we 

 could obtain it, and on the fifteenth anchored at Gull Cove, in Grand 

 Menan; had been at anchor about ten minutes, when Ave were boarded 

 from the barge of the British armed brig Dotterel; the papers were 

 demanded ami delivered, and the men from the barge were ordered 

 below to search for arms, (found two muskets;) took the arms and 

 knives. [ asked the master of the barge what he was going to do with 

 us? lie ;m wered that we had been damned saucy t<> the inhabitants. 

 To which I replied that I had never been ill used by the inhabitants, 

 nor ill used them; I had never before been in to the land, and could 

 not have used them ill. The master of the barge then threatened to 

 cut me into ounce piece-, to la h me t<> the deck, and t<> gag me with 

 the pump l><>h or pump brake. The \.-- .•! was then gol under way. 

 carried near the hore and moored and stripped, the boaf taken away, 

 and we were left on board the vessel thus stripped, and deprived of the 



boat, and without water, and lying in B dangerous place. The master 



of the barge -aid if we called a boat, or landed, or made any noise, he 

 would -hoot us. lie pa »ed us several times, and I called to him and 

 asked for water; he an-wered that he would come to our assistance, 



