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proceeded to Mason's Bay, anchoring each night, with the Hero and 

 Pilgrim in company, at which place the Pilgrim got away during 

 the night. We afterwards proceeded to St. John's, with the Hero in 

 company, which vessel was delivered to the custom-house at that 

 place. 



Question. Did you, at any time, hear Mr. Protheroe make use of 

 any abusive language to the Americans? 



An&UH i'. No, I did not. I must have heard it had it taken place, 

 as I never left the tender. 



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

 to work ? 



Answer. No, they sometimes assisted with their own consent. 



Question. Did you, at any time, hear Mr. Protheroe threaten to 

 ill-use or maltreat the Americans on board the tender? 



. 1 nswer. No, I did not, but must have heard it had it happened. 



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

 Americans on one meal a day, or to fare worse than the tender's 

 crew ? 



Answer. No. We messed all alike, having the established allow- 

 ance of the British Navy, excepting spirits, which we drank during 

 the bad weather. I know Mr. Protheroe to have given them spirits 

 from his own stock. I was the person who attended Mr. Protheroe, 

 and gave the spirits to them myself, by his direction. 



John Wake, mariner, examined. 



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

 detained the American schooners Hero and Pilgrim? 



Answer. Yes, I was. 



Question. Relate all the particulars respecting their detention. 



Answer. In running from Grand Passage to the Grand Menan, 

 observed two schooners lying at anchor; one of which got under way 

 and stood in shore, which vessel was chased; observed her fishing 

 and hauling live fish in; boarded her, which proved to be the Ameri- 

 can schooner Pilgrim. She had, at the time, live fish on her deck. 

 Mr. Protheroe detained her, and put on board two hands to take 

 charge of her, she then being about two miles from the shore, to the 

 best of my judgment. We then chased another schooner which had 

 made sail in from shore ; boarded her, then about a mile and a half 

 from the land; proved to be the Hero, American fishing schooner. 

 Mr. Protheroe asked them what they were doing in shore; a man by 

 the name of Wilson said they had been on shore cleaning their fish. 

 Mr. Protheroe detained her, and put two hands on board in charge of 

 her. We then proceeded with the schooner to Mason's Bay, anchor- 

 ing each night, when the Pilgrim made her escape in the night. We 

 then proceeded to St. John's in the tender, with the Hero in company, 

 at which place she was delivered over to the custom-house. 



Question. Did you, at any time, hear Mr. Protheroe make use of 

 any abusive language to the Americans on board the tender? 



Answer. No, I did not. 



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

 work? 



Answer. No, he did not; they helped to work the tender by their 

 own accord. 



