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Question. Where were you when you lost sight of her? 



Answer. On shore, cooking the bout's crew's provisions. 



Question. How do } r ou know it \v;is the master who went on board 

 the vessel? 



Answi .'■■ The people at the store told me so, and said he had been 

 there frequently, and had asked them for water, which they had 

 refused him. His reply was, if he could not have it by fair play, 

 he would be damned if he would not have it by foul. 



Question. "When did you again see the schooner? 



Answer. I never saw her again. 



Question. When did you rejoin the yawl? 



Answer. Next morning. 



Question. Do you remember the schooner Rebecca being detained? 



Answer. I was put on board a vessel, and, with the rest of the 

 crew, carried her to St. John's. I believe her name was Rebecca, 

 but am not certain. 



Question. Do you remember when this vessel was detained? 



Answer. I do not exactly recollect, but believe it to be a week or 

 more after rejoining the yawl. 



Question. What quantity of wood and water had she on board ? 



Answer. I believe there was then a half hogshead three parts full, 

 and a considerable quantity of wood. 



Question. How was the weather? 



Answer. Quite fine and clear, with moderate breezes. 



Question. Do you know the position of the fishing ground ? 



Answer. I do not. 



John Cammish, (#.,) examined. 



Question. Were you in the yawl when Mr. Jones detained the 

 American schooner Rebecca? 



Answer. Yes. 



Question. Relate all you know about her. 



Answer. The first time I saw her she was at anchor in a small 

 harbor in the Grand Menan; and when we made after her, she got 

 under way, and we chased her, keeping her in sight, till about 11 

 p. m., when we lost sight of her on the Nova Scotia shore. 



Question. Did you see her again afterwards? 



Answer. Yes, about three days afterwards. 



Question. Relate where she was then, and what she was doing. 



Answer. She was lying in a small harbor, about four or five miles 

 from Gull Cove, cleaning her fish. 



Question. What quantity of wood and water had she on board? 



Answer. She had plenty of both when we detained her. 



Question. Do you know the quantity in casks? 



Answer. Two and a half hogsheads. 



Question. How was the weather when you boarded her? 



Answer. Fine weather, with a little breeze. 



Question. Do you know how the wind was? 



Answer. I am not positive, but believe it was from the northwest. 



Richard Newland, (£.,) examined. 



Question. Were you in the yawl when Mr. Jones seized the Ameri- 

 can schooner Rebecca? 



