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Q. From your experience, with the current setting to the 

 west, and the condition of the wind, and the position of the vessel 

 as stated, would it be possible for her to drift north by west on 

 that course? A. I cannot see it. 



O. In your judgment could it be done? A. No, it could not, 

 the vessel would have to go back against her own sails. 



O. If she is fastened to her seine, and that seine is deep in the 

 water, say from 8 to 10 fathoms, would that vessel have a tendency 

 with her sails up and the wind from the east, to follow the direc- 

 tion of the swell or the direction of the current? A. She would 

 have a tendency to follow the direction of the current ; the seine 

 would carry her with the current. 



O. Capt. Knowlton says that her head was to the southward, 

 off shore, at the time he found her, and I think he says that the 

 net was on the port side? A. It would have to be on the port 

 side. If the boom was to starboard the seine was certainly on 

 the port side. 



Q. If the seine, at the time of the seizure was on the port 

 side, and the vessel's head v/as off shore, and her sails were in the 

 position Captain Knowlton describes, could she have fouled her 

 seine? A. Not unless there was not sufficient wind to counteract 

 the swell. 



Q. According to your judgment, without the seine at all sup- 

 pose the vessel was there headed off shore with the current setting 

 to the westward, and very little wind, and there was a heavy 

 swell on shore, would that swell be sufficient to counteract the 

 wind from the east and the current, so as to carry her in the 

 direction she must have gone if she was found where Capt. Knowl- 

 ton says she was? A. The vessel must have had wind enough to 

 counteract the swell. 



Q. How many times have you been up and down that coast, 

 and taken observations on it? A. Once a fortnight for 15 years. 



Q, I understand that there is always a strong current setting 

 to the west before an easterly blow? A. Yes. 



Q. What is the depth of a seine when it is pursed up? A. 

 From 12 to 18 fathoms. 



Q. Do you know whether there is a roll towards the shore 

 before an easterly blow? A. There is always more or less swell 

 running in before an easterly blow. 



