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Thomas Cassady, seaman, examined. 



Question. Were you in the Dotterel's tender with Mr. Protheroe 



when he detained the American schooners Hero and Pilgrim? 



Answer. Yes. 



Question. Relate all the particulars? 



Answer. We were running in for the Menan and boarded the 

 Pilgrim, American schooner, about a mile or a mile and a quarter 

 from the land, fishing. Mr. Protheroe asked what business they had 

 fishing there, as they were within three miles of the land. The 

 answer was, they did not know they were within the limits. Mr. 

 Protheroe detained her, and put two men on board to take charge, 

 and we proceeded to board another schooner, which proved to be the 

 Hero, about two miles from the land. 



Question. Did you hear Mr. Protheroe ask the master of the Hero 

 if he could assign any reason for being so near the land with her sails 

 down? 



Answer. Yes, but did not hear the reply. 



Question. What became of the Hero? 



Answer. Mr. Protheroe sent two men on board her to take charge, 

 and we proceeded to Mason's Bay, anchoring each night in the tender, 

 with the Hero and Pilgrim in company, at which place the Pilgrim 

 made her escape in the night. Afterwards w r e proceeded to St. John's 

 in the tender, w T ith the Hero, where she was delivered over to the 

 customs. 



Question. Did you at any time hear Mr. Protheroe use any abusive 

 language to the Americans? 



Answer. No, I did not. 



Question. Did Mr. Protheroe compel the Americans in the tender 

 to work? 



Answer. No, he did not, but they sometimes voluntarily assisted in 

 working the tender. 



Question. Did you, at any time, know Mr. Protheroe to put the 

 Americans on one meal a day, or know them to fare worse than the 

 tender's crew? 



Answer. No, we all messed alike, having the allowance of the 

 British Navy, excepting spirits, for part of the time, which was all 

 used, and I know Mr. Protheroe to have frequently given them rum 

 from his own private stock. 



Thomas Russel, seaman, examined. 



Question. Were you in the Dotterels tender with Mr. Protheroe 

 when he detained the American schooners Hero and Pilgrim% 



Answer. Yes. 



Question. Relate the particulars. 



Answer. In running from Grand Passage to Grand Menan, ob- 

 served two schooners lying at anchor, one of which got under way 

 and stood in shore. We made the best of our way to close her. I 

 observed her w r ith lines overboard, fishing. We then boarded her, 

 which proved to be the Pilgrim, American fishing schooner. She 

 had at the time live fish on her deck. Mr. Protheroe detained her, 

 and put two hands on board to take charge, she then being within 

 a mile of the shore. Observed another schooner make sail from in 



