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Q. You contradict that do you? A. Yes, I do. 



Q. Do you recollect the whole conversation? A. Recollect 

 his being on board and talking about the Gerring. 



Q. He says at that time you told him that at the time the 

 seine was set he was 4 miles off of any land. You say that you 

 did not say that? A. Yes. 



Q. You are quite clear about that? A. Yes. 



Q. What did you say? A. I said that he was outside the 

 three-mile limit. 



Q. How far did you drift in that day? A. I could hardly 

 say, but I got inside the three miles. 



Q. How far will a vessel balanced drift if there is no cur- 

 rent? A. She will not drift at all unless there is a swell. 



Q. How far will the swell carry her? A. The swell would 

 not carry her with the seine attached as far as it would us. 



Q. How far would it carry her? A. It would throw her in 

 half a mile in an hour. 



Q. What rate of current is there at this season of the year? 

 A. The indraft I would say would be perhaps half a knot an 

 hour. 



Q. Between the two, she would drift a mile; would you say 

 that? A. Yes, she has drifted a mile. I judge by the bearings 

 when Capt. Knowlton seized her. 



Q. Where were you when she was seized? A. I was a mile 

 or a mile and a half away. 



Q. Why did you not bear down and seize her yourself? A. 

 I did not feel myself justified in doing so, because I know that she 

 had taken the fish outside. 



Q. You saw the captain of the Haskins there? A. Yes. 



Q. Do you remember the captain of the Haskins asking you 

 if he was outside the 3 mile limit? A. I don't know who it was, 

 but someone did. 



Q. Was it someone in a boat? A. No, he was at the mast 

 head. 



Q. You told him that he was all right? A. What I said was 

 "You are all right, go ahead." 



Q. How long does it take to put the net out, and to purse it 

 up and catch the fish? A. A good crew will do it in 10 or 15 

 minutes. 



