To any body who came into that cabin and saw that, was that perceivable?—Not at all.
Cross-examined by Mr. Kelly.
What are you now by business or trade?—A teacher of navigation.
Were these articles, of which you have spoken, articles calculated for the carrying on the slave trade?—I presume so.
Will you allow me to ask in what way you have acquired your knowledge of what is fit for the slave trade, and what is not?—A representation of Mr. Mottley himself, who was on the slave trade on the coast for years.
It was by the representation of Mottley, who was on the coast for years, you acquired this knowledge?—Yes, that was the way.
That leads you to suppose that these were calculated for the use of the slave trade?—Yes.
Did you know that the Gollupchik had been sent to England to be sold by reason of its having been fitted up for the slave trade?—I heard so.
Was it not perfectly notorious through Portsmouth?—I believe she was not condemned, but it was said so.
You are a teacher of navigation; do you know whether before a vessel clears out from a British port for the coast of Africa, she is not examined by a Custom-house officer, to see whether there are any articles used for the slave trade?—I believe she is.