Have the kindness to tell me, whether or not you left those shackles on the top of the ballast?—I left them in the hold, on the starboard side.
On the top of the ballast?—Yes.
Were there any persons on board the vessel at the time you went away?—Yes, the ship’s company.
Any body else?—Not that I know of, except two shipwrights.
Were they two Portsmouth shipwrights?—I believe they were.
What were their names?—Case the elder, and Case the younger.
Are they here to-day?—No, they are not.
Had they been working on board the vessel?—Previous to me, and after I left her also.
Do you recollect the names of any other persons who bad been working on board her?—No, I know there were two others; but I do not know their names.
What were they?—Scrapers, and caulkers, and so on.