86 The Frederick Gerring, Jr. 



Q. And assuming the bearings given by Capt. MacKenzie to be 

 correct, those bearings are also correctly stated on the chart? A. 

 Yes, it is correctly stated on the chart. 



CAPTAIN WILLIAM NAUSS, called and sworn. 



Examined by Mr. MacCoy: 



Q. You have been engaged in the fishing business? A. Yes. 



Q. Have you commanded many fishing vessels? A. Yes, I 

 have commanded vessels from this port and from the port of 

 Gloucester also. 



Q. For how many years? A. I commanded vessels for 14 

 years for one firm out of Gloucester. 



Q. How many years have you been in our own vessels? A. 

 For 10 or 12 years. 



Q. You are a Nova Scotian? A. Yes. 



Q. You live in Halifa:?^? A. I live here now. 



Q. Do you know the coast that has been spoken of? A. Yes, 

 I have known it pretty well for 36 or 37 years. 



Q. Have you fished off the place known as Gull Ledge? A. 

 Yes. 



Q. For many years? A. I have been back and forward for 27 

 or 29 years. 



Q. You have laid down the courses on this chart too? A. 

 (Referring to chart J. Mc. D. "c") Yes. 



Q. As laid down they are correct? A. Yes. 



Q. Will you tell me the direction or trend of the current in the 

 vicinity of Gull Ledge immediately before an easterly blow? A. 

 I always found the current ruuning westwardly, and more so 

 before an easterly breeze. 



Q. You have tested the bearings as testified to by Capt. Mac- 

 Kenzie? A. Yes. 



O. And this chart shows the spot where the vessel would be 

 according to Capt. MacKenzie's evidence? A. Yes. 



O. Captain Knowlton says that she was heading oflF shore. 

 Bearing this in mind, is it possible with a westwardly current for 

 a vessel placed in the position that she was in, with the wind to the 

 east, and very little wind, and the current running in a westerly 

 direction, and a heavy swell setting on shore, to have drifted from 



