3 CO CORRESPONDENCE, ETC. 



but did not. Despairing of obtaining any from the barge, I called to 

 the master of an English vessel, who aided me with a boat to go on 

 shore and obtain :i little water; I went, and obtained a few gallons. 

 The nexl morning the master of the barge came on board again, and 

 carried the vessel to St. Andrew's, and reported to the Collector there 

 that we were found in Grand Menan, in want of neither wood nor 

 water. After endeavoring to obtain a release of the vessel, without 

 success, was ordered to leave the vessel, and did leave her. I asked 

 the master of the barge how he could detain my vessel contrary to the 

 treaty? He damned the treaty, and them that made it. The vessel 

 was owned by William Wass and William Nash. She was libelled, 

 deemed forfeit, and sold, no person appearing to claim her; and the 

 reason that no person claimed her was, that the costs and expenses 

 attending it would be as much as the vessel was worth. The loss to 

 the owners and crew must be near two thousand dollars. 



Charles Tabbut. 

 Sworn to before— 



Ether Shepley. 

 November 2, 1824. 



I, Josiah W. Perry, on oath, declare: That I was a hand on board 

 the schooner William; that the facts as stated by Charles Tabbut are 

 wholly true, the same having been read to me. 



Josiah W. Perry. 

 Sworn to before — 



Ether Shepley. 

 November 2, 1824. 



[Inclosure No. 7.] 



I, Christopher Wass, on oath, declare: That I was managing master 

 of the schooner Sea Flower, of Addison, my son being master, and 

 sick on shore, and the vessel having, during the previous part of the 

 season, been employed in the fisheries, and sailed on the twentieth 

 of September, on the Grand Menan Bank, and continued there fishing 

 on Tuesday and Wednesday; and about 8 o'clock p. m., Wednesday, 

 blowing fresh from the west, hove up the anchor and laid to under 

 the foresail. The wind during the night drew into the northwest 

 and blew very heavy and split her foresail ; reefed the sail above the 

 rent and set it again, and laid till daylight; then stood to the north- 

 ward and eastward, and made the southwest head of Grand Menan, 

 bearing north by east; made the Mur Rocks and obliged to go between 

 them, and fetched in to Kent's island, near Grand Menan, being 

 Thursday morning. Friday and Saturday, blowing fresh and storm- 

 ing, could not mend our sail. Sunday, continuing to blow fresh, 

 laid still. Monday went out on to the outer part of the rips, five or 

 six miles from the land; caught a few fish, and, continuing to blow 

 bo that we could not anchor, came in and anchored again at Kent's 

 island. Tuesday went out to the rips again, still blowing fresh and 

 raining, and heavy sea from the eastward; could not anchor; caught 

 only a few fish, and in running in carried away our fore-shrouds; 

 hauled down the foresail and ran into the same harbor again. 

 Inesday morning was boarded from a tender to the British armed 

 brig Dotterel; papers were demanded and delivered; asked what 



