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Q. What chart was it? A. It was the George Eldridge chart 

 (chart to be produced). 



0. Did you make any attempt to find out from the chart where 

 you were? A. No sir, I did not think it necessary; I still claimed 

 to be over three miles from the shore. 



Q. What did he say to you after that ? A. He said I was not, 

 and I asked him to convince me by taking our boat or one of his 

 boats, and towing the log to the Gull Ledge on the chart. 



O. Did you say your log? A. No, I said our log or his log 

 or both ; the ledge was the nearest ledge to us. 



O. What is the ledge? A. It is just a wash rock; that is what 

 we call it. 



O. What did he sav to that? A. He said he did not think 

 he would bother about it. I asked whether he would let my crew 

 tow the log with one of his ofiicers, and he further objected. He 

 read the law to me and said that we were under seizure and I 

 handed him the papers. 



Q. Did he ask you for your papers? A. Yes. 



Q. What further conversation had you with him? A. The 

 crew knocked off work and came aft, and he said, "Keep right on 

 men, and take care of your fish." I asked him to speak to the cap- 

 tain of the Vigilant and ask him if what I said was not true, and 

 he said he would not. 



Q. Where was the Vigilant at that time? A. She was 

 about a quarter of a mile on our lee bow to the westward. 



Q. He refused you? A. Yes. He said that there was plenty 

 of time to do it, but he would not do it. When he got the line to 

 our vessel and was leaving, I asked him if I could tow the log to 

 Liscombe Light, and he said no. I said that I still claimed to be 

 over 3 miles from the land. When he was in the boat I said to him 

 that I was going to throw the log. and he said to his officer on board, 

 "Mr. Bennet, don't allow it." 



Q. That was said to the officer in charge? A. Yes. 



Q. You were seized and brought eventually to Halifax? A. 

 We were taken into Liscombe Harbor that night. As we were 

 going into Liscombe, I did not think it would be any harm to tow 

 the log. 



Q. When the line was put aboard your vessel, in starting 

 ahead did anything occur? A. He slewed us around in the trough 



