Where did you enter for?—To go to Liverpool, at first.

At that time you entered only to go to Liverpool?—That was all.

Did you continue on board?—Yes.

You went from Liverpool in the vessel?—Yes.

Where were the sailors hired generally, at Liverpool or Portsmouth?—At Portsmouth some were hired.

And afterwards went on with the vessel, as you did?—Yes.

How many men were on board about, I do not wish to know exactly, when you sailed from Liverpool?—About twenty-one or twenty-two.

What was your occupation on board the ship?—I was shipped as a boy, a cabin-boy.

Had you any thing to do with the loading of the vessel, or not?—I was acting as a cabin-boy.

You had nothing to do with the loading of the vessel?—No.