46 The Frederick Gerring, Jr. 



Q. Where is that? A. It is in Halifax County. 



Q. Then you went back towards Sambro? A. Yes. 



O. And on the afternoon of the 25th you went to the place of 

 seizure? A. Yes, I went in a direct course, pretty near. 



O. Tell us what time it was that day that you first saw the 

 Frederick Gerring, Jr.? A. It would be between 5 and 6 o'clock, 

 I should say. 



Q. That you first saw her? A. Yes, it was near 6 o'clock, I 

 think. 



Q. Tell us, when you first saw her, what her position was? 

 A. She was lying with her head sails down, and her foresail and 

 main sail set with the boom ofif to starboard. She was lying with 

 her head off shore. The fore and main boom were over the star- 

 board side. The sheets were off. She was lying as vessels usually 

 lie to bail in fish out of the seine. 



Q. When you first saw her, could you see what she was do- 

 ing? A. I could not see, but I could judge from past experience. 



O. What did you do? A. I proceeded towards her, and took 

 bearings as I went along. 



O. When you got to where you could see what she was 

 doing, what did you see? A. I saw that she was bailing mackerel 

 from her seine. 



O. Mackerel was being bailed from the seine on to the 

 schooner's deck? A. Yes, with a dip net. 



Q. Did you take bearings of the place where you saw the crew 

 of this vessel bailing fish from the seine on board the vessel? A. 

 Yes. 



Q. Did you take the bearings at the time she was engaged in 

 the operation? A. I did. 



O. What time in the afternoon would that be? A. I think 

 that would be about 6 o'clock. It would be near that time, but I 

 would not say just exactly. 



Q. Will you give us those bearings? A. The northwest point 

 of White Island, that is Big White Island, bore W. N. W., and 

 Liscombe Light bore N. E. half N. 



Q. How far was this place where she was bailing the fish out 

 of the seine into the schooner from the coast of Nova Scotia? 

 That is, from the nearest coast? A. It was less than a mile and 

 three quarters. 



