Appendix to the Memorial. 49 



Q. What would your judgment be from your knowledge of 

 the currents on that coast as to whether that vessel, the Frederick 

 Gerring, Jr., had set her net in the same place where you saw her 

 taking the fish out of it, or had she set it further away from Gull 

 Ledge? A. I could hardly say concerning that. 



O. I am asking your judgment? A. She would be apt to set 

 to the westward if there was no wind. 



O. The question I asked was whether in your judgment, from 

 the trend of the current, you would say that the seine had been set 

 further away from Gull Ledge than it was at the time the fish were 

 being taken out of it? A. Well, I think it would slightly. 



Q. How do you account for that drift which you say a 

 vessel would have there? A. There is an Arctic current that sets 

 along the coast in the first part of the season. It is considered to 

 follow the coast up during an east wind. 



Q. The course of the current would set the vessel in? A. It 

 would set her along the coast. 



Q. How was the wind after this? A. It was an easterly 

 wind. 



{The Court: How was the wind at the time of the seizure? 

 A. It was E. to E. S. E.) 



Q. The next day there was a strong easterly wind? A. Yes, 

 quite a strong east wind. 



Q. At the time of the seizure of this schooner were there any 

 other fishing vessels near by ? A. I don't know that there were any 

 very near. 



Q. What would be the nearest? A. The nearest would be a 

 mile away, or perhaps more. 



Q. At the time of the seizure did you see the Gcrring's 

 compass? A. I did. 



Q. How did that compass agree with yours? A. Very well.' 

 It gave the same bearings. 



Q. As the one by which you took the bearings? A. Yes. 



Q. Will you give us the conversation that you had with the 

 captain of the Gerring with regard to the chart? A. When I 

 took the bearings I said to him, ''if you will give me your chart I 

 will show you where it is." He said that he had an old one and 

 that it was not any good. He brought it up and I said "Captain, 

 you are right, it is not any good," and I laid it down. 



