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and some of the crew came on board when I met him, when he 

 said to me, "I think you are fishing inside of the Hmit." I told him 

 that it was impossible, that the Vigilant was sailing up and 

 down on the line limit and told him of the instructions the captain 

 of the Vigilant had given the master of the Haskins in my 

 presence, and that we were to the southward of the Haskins 

 and that while we had been fishing the Vigilant never inter- 

 fered with us, although he saw. He then asked me for my com- 

 pass. I took it out of the binnacle and put it on the house. He then 

 asked me for my chart, he looked at it and then threw it down and 

 said it was no good. I claimed I was then about three miles and 

 a half off the land. He said we were not. I then asked him to 

 allow part of his crew and part of mine to tow his log or mine, or 

 both, to the land he claimed we were nearest to, in order to test 

 our exact distance. He refused to do it. I told him I would put 

 a crew of my own into a boat and do it, but he would not allow 

 nie to do so. He then seized the Gerring and asked me for the 

 ship's papers, which I then handed him. He then instructed my 

 crew to keep on at work and take care of the fish. 



I then asked him if he would steam to the Vigilant, who 

 was lying about one-quarter of a mile to the westward of us, and 

 ascertain from her captain whether he had not told the captain 

 of the I Joskins he was outside of the limit, but he refused to do 

 so. I then repeatedly requested him to permit me to tow my log 

 to Liscombe Light, but he refused. I said I would throw the log 

 over, and he refused to permit me, and gave his officers instruc- 

 tions not to permit it. 



When he took us in tow he slewed us quickly into the trough 

 of the seas and by that means about forty barrels of fish went 

 overboard. 



Signed 



Daniel Doren. 



Sworn to at Halifax in the County of Halifax and Province 

 of Nova Scotia, this 30th day of May, A. D. 1896. 

 Before me 



Darius H. Ingraiiam, 



Consul General. 



