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the ship should have to be abandoned. He thought that I 

 could accompany the ship in the interest of the underwriters. 

 I told him that I would do so, and we agreed to leave the 

 amount of recompense to arbitration. Having arrived at the 

 harbor, we dropped our anchor and hauled alongside of the 

 Miranda, and began at once to make what hasty preparations 

 we could to accommodate the passengers. During the after- 

 noon I made out the two papers of agreements, and in the 

 evening we took them to the governors' house, where we signed 

 them, and they were signed, witnessed, and sealed by the 

 Governor, and signed and witnessed by the Assistant Governor 

 and the chief mate of steamer Miranda. 



COPY OF ARTICLES OF AGREEMENT. No. 1. 



SUKKERTOPPEN, GREENLAND, August 20, 1894. 



Whereas, The steamer Miranda being in a disabled condition, it 

 is agreed between her master, Captain "W. J. Farrell, and Captain 

 Geo. W. Dixon, master of the Gloucester fishing schooner Rigel, that 

 the passengers of the steamer Miranda be transferred on board the 

 schooner Rigel, and carried to Gloucester, and that the crew and 

 owners receive from the owners and agents of the steamer Miranda 

 the sum of $4,000 as recompense for breaking up the fishing expedi- 

 tion of said schooner. 



W. J. FARRELL, Master SS. Miranda. 

 GEO. W. DIXON, Master Schooner Rigel. 

 GEO. MANUEL, Chief Officer SS. Miranda. 

 Witness : 



S. BISTRUP, Governor. 



G. BAUMANN, Governor's Assistant. 



COPY OF ARTICLES OF AGREEMENT. No. 2. 



SUKKERTOPPEN, GREENLAND, August 20, 1894. 

 Whereas, The steamer Miranda being in a disabled condition, it 

 is agreed between her master, Captain W. J. Farrell, and Captain 

 Geo. W. Dixon, master of the Gloucester fishing schooner Rigel, that 

 the said schooner Rigel shall accompany the said steamer Miranda 

 into some convenient port of repair. The crew of said schooner 

 Rigel will hold themselves in readiness to rescue the crew and the 



