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Q. How do you arrive at an accurate knowledge of the extent 

 of the swell that day? A. That comes from practice; it does not 

 happen every day the same. I 



Q. How do you know the extent of the swells on shore that 

 day? A. I have a pretty good knowledge of the swells that roll 

 in on the shore almost any day. It varies every day. 



{The Court: How far would you pass from this locality on 

 your trips going to St. Pierre? A. Not more than 4 miles.) 



O. When you were speaking of the strength of the current 

 there, you said it would run half a mile an hour? A. I imagine 

 that it would not be less. 



Q. Did you mean a nautical mile? A. Yes. 



O. Your experience along the coast has been how far from 

 the shore ? A. Generally, between 3 and 4 miles, but I have been in 

 right close to the rocks. 



Q. Can you tell me whether nearer to the shore, the current 

 is more variable in consequence of following the trend of the land 

 than it is further out? A. Inside the shoals, I think it is more 

 influenced by the tide than it is further off. 



Q. Therefore, close inshore the current would not have the 

 same effect upon an object? A. I imagine not among the islands. 



Re-examined by Mr. MacCoy: 



O. In speaking of the force of the current that day, you base 

 your judgment upon the fact that there was very little wind, and 

 that there was an easterly blow the next day? A. That is what I 

 base my opinion on. 



Q. Is there with very little wind, immediately before an east- 

 erly blow, what is called a heavy swell on the shore? A. (Ob- 

 jected to.) The south-west swell always increases 24 hours be- 

 fore a south-easterly gale. 



Q. Would that be a heavy ground swell, or would it be pretty 

 much on the surface? A. I don't think it would go more than a 

 couple of fathoms under water. 



(The Court: I understood you to say that assuming the bear- 

 ings given by Capt. Knowlton and Commander Spain to be ac- 

 cunitcly stated, the location they made of the bearings on the map 

 is correct? A. Yes, quite correct.) 



