A. All the Cargo with the Vessell was Carried into Madera and all or the greatest part of sd Cargo was Landed there.

Interro. 6. Is the Sloop now under Seizure the same Sloop that was thus taken?

A. Yes.

Interro. 7. What became of the hands belonging to said Sloop?

A. Two of them went on board the Man of War there, and two others went on board this sd Privateer, and the Mate was carried to Gibraltar, where he heard he ran away.

Interro. 8. Do you know or have you heard what Nation those hands were of?

A. The Master, Mate and one hand more he understood to be Scotch, two hands more to be Irish, one Boy belonging to London and a Portugueze or Spanish negro man.

Lastly, Do you know anything further relating to sd Vessell and Cargo or any other former Voyages the said Vessell had made and where to?

A. He heard the Master acknowledge he had been upwards of two years Master of said Vessell, during which Time he always used the Canary Trade, and always acknowledged his Vessell belonged to England till the last Voyage.

John Rous.