"Yes sir."
"Did you try to stop them?"
"I did."
"On whose orders?"
"On the orders of the officer of the deck, sir."
"Midshipman Carter?"
"Yes, sir."
"State what occurred."
"I followed them, and after a time succeeded in overhauling the dinghy in which they were rowing away. I ordered them to surrender when I drew alongside. Black attempted to strike me with the boat hook, but I got it away from him. Black later hit me with an oar, at about the time I rammed them with the starboard dinghy."
"Well, what else?"