38-4 CORRESPONDENCE, ETC 



John Lloyd, (S.,) examined. 



Question. Were you in the yawl with Mr. Jones when he seized the 

 American schooner Rebecca? 



A nsioer. Yes, I was. 



Question. Relate what you know of the circumstances. 



Answer. When lying in Gull Cove, I heard two or three men, who 

 I believe were fishermen belonging to the island of Grand Menan, 

 say that the schooner Ave had chased across the Bay of Fundy, two 

 or three days before, was then at anchor between two islands, about 

 a mile and a half around the point. We boarded her and detained 

 her. She was then cleaning fish. 



Question. Did you hear Mr. Jones ask what they were doing there ? 



Answer. Yes, they said they came in for wood, water, and to land 

 their gurry. 



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



Answer. They had as much wood as would last them for a fort- 

 night, and a full cask of water on deck, and some below, but cannot 

 say how much, besides beer. 



Question. How was the weather when you detained her ? 



Answer. It was fine weather, with a moderate breeze. 



John Cheese, ($.,) examined. 



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

 American schooner Rebecca? 



Answer. Yes, I was. 



Question. Eelate what you recollect relative to the detention of her. 



Answer. We were lying alongside a wharf in a harbour in the 

 Menan, and observed two schooners at anchor under the land. We 

 went out and boarded an English schooner, on board of which was a 

 man belonging to the Rebecca, acting as pilot; while on board the 

 schooner got under way and ran across the Bay of Fundy. We gave 

 chase to her, and fired several shots across her bows to bring her to; 

 at about half past 10 o'clock p. m. lost sight of her; on the fourth day 

 afterwards we again fell in with her at anchor in a narrow passage 

 in the Menan, boarded her and found them cleaning their fish, and 

 throwing the gurry overboard. Mr. Jones asked what they were 

 doing there ; they said they had come in for wood and water. 



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



Answer. Two quarter casks full on deck and some in the hold, but 

 do not know the quantity, and had about a cord and a half of wood. 



Question. How was the weather when you detained her ? 



Answer. Fine weather and a light breeze. 



Question. Do you know if the wind was fair for going to the fish- 

 ing ground? 



Answer. Yes, it was. 



We, the undersigned, have examined the aforesaid persons, belong- 

 ing to his Majesty's sloop, Dotterel, taking the minutes of their 

 depositions respecting the detention of the American fishing schooner 

 Rebecca; and we do declare that their evidence has been taken in a 



