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very light wind from the eastward, the current setting to the west- 

 ward, and the booms of the vessel well over to the starboard side? 

 A. With a little wind, I think she would make a west by south 

 course. If the vessel had a seine attached she would make a west- 

 wardly course. 



(By the Court: Have you a personal experience as to how a 

 seine attached to a vessel acts? A. The nets will always go with 

 the tide.) 



Q. With a heavy swell setting on shore, notwithstanding that 

 the current is setting to the westward, and a net attached to the 

 vessel she would go with the current ? A. Yes that is my opinion. 



(The Court: Have you any personal experience upon which 

 to base your opinion? A. No, I never was in a vessel with a seine 

 attached to her.) 



Q. From your experience would you say that it was possible 

 for that vessel under the circumstances, to drift from where Capt. 

 MacKenzie placed her, to where Capt. Knowlton found her? A. 

 No, not under these conditions. 



Cross-examined by Mr. Ritchie: 



Q. Would the fore-sail and main-sail set with the booms off 

 to starboard, have any effect upon her drift if the sheets were off? 

 A. If she was headed in a southwardly direction, it would have the 

 effect of taking her off a little. 



Q. If the sheets were off with a slight easterly wind, and with 

 the sails off, would they have any effect ? A. Yes, they would have 

 the effect of taking her off shore. 



Q. You think that the fact of the sheets being off does not 

 make any difference? A. Yes, there is a difference. 



Q. The wind would not have as much effect if the sheets 

 were off? A. There would be a different effect. 



Q. With the sheets held in flat the wind would have more ef- 

 fect ? A. Yes. 



Q. What is the object of throwing the sheets off? A. It is to 

 make the vessel lie steady. 



Q. The sails were arranged so that the wind would not have 

 the effect of moving her? A. She had to move a little to prevent 

 the seine from getting up under the bow. 



