58 The Frederick Gerring, Jr. 



Q. Did he not ask you to run up to the Vigilant and ascer- 

 tain whether that was correct or not? A. No, he did not. 



Q. What did he say? A. I don't just remember; he said the 

 Vigilant told him that he was all right. 



Q. Was there any dispute between you as to his location? 

 A. No, the question he said was that he was not within three 

 miles of the mainland. 



Q. You claimed Gull Rock as the land you were going by, and 

 he claimed something else? A. Yes. 



Q. Did he not ask you to run to the Vigilant to ascertain 

 the instructions received from the Vigilant? A. I don't remem- 

 ber. 



Q. Will you say that he did not? A. Well, I don't think he 

 did. Many things may have passed that have escaped my mem- 

 ory, but to the best of my recollection he did not. 



Q. You say that the wind was southerly during the day? A. 

 I think it was. 



Q. At five o'clock in the afternoon where were you? A. 

 We were running along the coast. 



Q. Off of what point would you be? A. I think that at 

 half-past four we would be off of Beaver Island. I am not just 

 sure. 



Q. Would you say that the wind would be in the same direc- 

 tion off of Beaver Island at half-past four o'clock that it would 

 be where the Gerring was? A. No, I could not say, but I judge 

 that it would not be much different. 



Q. Do the currents change off where the Gerring was with 

 different seasons? A. In the spring it runs to the westward. 



Q. How would it be on the 25th May? A. It would be 

 weaker. 



Q. It is the Arctic current you say, that causes the current 

 to the west? A. The Arctic current and the flood tide. 



Q. It was not flood tide then? A. It was about half tide. 



Q. When did you take the soundings? A. Just after I seized 

 the Gerring. 



Q. How long after? A. It would not be ten minutes. 



Q. It would have been easy for you to ascertain the exact 

 distance from Gull Rock by taking the log out? A. You cannot 

 always depend upon the log. 



