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Q. What was the nearest portion of the coast? A. It was 

 Gull Ledge, according to the chart. (Chart marked J. Mc. D.) 



Q. This chart, marked J. Mc. D., was the chart that you had 

 on the Aberdeen? A. Yes. 



Q. It is the Admiralty chart of the shore of Nova Scotia, in 

 the vicinity of which this seizure was made? (Objected to.) A. 

 Yes. 



Q. What kind of a chart is it? A. It is the Admiralty chart 

 of the shore of Nova Scotia. 



Q. How long have you had this chart on the Aberdeen? A. 

 It was put aboard the Aberdeen about a year ago. 



Q. Have yon sailed by this chart around the coast anywhere 

 in the vicinity of Gull Ledge? A. Not on that chart, but on a 

 chart of exactly the same survey. I have sailed all through the 

 islands at Marie Joseph, and down between the two White Islands. 



O. You have sailed all through the islands off of Gull Ledge 

 Vwth a similar chart? A. I have. 



O. And what did you find in regard to the correctness of that 

 chart? A. I found it perfectly correct. We never found any 

 shoals that are not marked there. 



O. Can you indicate on this chart the place where you saw 

 the crew of the Frederick Gerring, Jr., taking the fish out of the 

 seine, and putting them on the schooner? A. It was just where 

 this is marked. 



Q. What is marked at the place you refer to ; what words are 

 marked on the chart at the place you say this took place? A. The 

 words Frederick Gerring. 



Q. They are marked at the place where you saw those fish 

 being taken? A. Yes. 



Q. And what are the lines drawn from that point marked 

 Frederick Gerring; what do they indicate? A. They indicate 

 the cross-bearings that I have spoken of. 



Q. After you had taken the bearings what did you do? A. I 

 boarded the schooner Frederick Gerring, Jr. 



Q. What took place after you boarded her? A. I told the 

 master that he was fishing within the three-mile limit. 



Q. You then seized her, did you? A. I then seized her. 



Q. Did the captain give you his papers? A. He did. 



