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Q. Can you tell with certainty by the cross bearings ? A. You 

 can if the compasses are correct. 



Q. Are your compasses correct? A. Yes. 



Q. How do you know ? A. I have worked time azimuths. 



Q. When you took the schooner in tow to Liscombe, did you 

 keep close to the light? A. We went on an angle. 



Q. Then you would have no difficulty, if you put out your 

 log, in measuring the distance to Liscombe? A. No. 



Q. You did not do that? A. No. 



Q. That might or might not correspond with your cross 

 section? A. It could not affect the cross section much. 



Q. Would not the measurement by the log be more accurate 

 than the cross section? A. No. 



Q. What is the nearest headland to the westward? A. I 

 suppose it would be Taylor's Head. That is to the westward of 

 Sheep Harbor. 



(The Court: How far is that from Liscombe Light? A. I 

 should say it is about 20 miles.) 



Q. Would it not be more than that? A. It might be. (After 

 making measurements on chart). It is 25 miles from where the 

 Gerring was. 



Q. It would be 30 miles from headland to headland in a 

 straight line? A. It is 27 miles from headland to headland in a 

 straight line from Liscombe Point to Taylor's Head. 



Q. Are you sure that you did not tell them that the tide 

 was running to the S. W. ? A. I am, so far as my memory tells 



me. 



Q. When did you look at your compass last before going to 

 the G erring f A. I suppose it would be five to seven minutes. 



Q. After that you took your crew and went on board. Did 

 you look at the compass when you went on board? A. Yes. 



Q. Did you notice your compass before? A. I did, 5 or 7 

 minutes before. 



Q. Had you come to anchor? A. No. 



Q. Did you take a memorandum of the courses on board? 

 A. I spoke from memory. 



