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X,. AMERICAN STATE TRIALS.

Capt. Jeremiah Briggs. Have
commanded 9 merehantman 32
years. - Voyages have been geu-
erally to the East Indies, Have
heen to Bio, and other South
American ports. It is enstomary,
when hailed, if from Salem, to
answer from Boston, a8 Boaton
is a port more known than Sal-
em, particularly to foreign navi-
gators; was never on the coast
of Guinea.

Mr, Dunlap. Suppose a clip-
per, bound for the coast of Af-
riea, to sail from the Havana on
the 20th of August; and sueh a
vessel as the Mexican, a dull
sailer, to atart from Salem the
29th, for Rio Janeiro; would
they be likely to meet, and if s0,
where? They would be more
likely to meet in lat. 33, Ion. 34-
30 (the place where the Mexican
was robbed), than at any other
apot on the chart. The sehooner
would have to sail about one
thousand miles more than the
other. The route to the East In-

Capt, Benj, Rich, A vessel
sailing from Salem to S. Amer-
iea or the East Indies, would
eroas the line at 22 or 26 ton.;
not lower than 27. In going
from Salem, she would steer to
the east as far as lon. 30 or 35.
A fast veasel would not go so far
before she would haul to take the
trade winds. A vessel sailing
from the Havana on the 20th of
August, would pass out of the
gulf of Florida, and keep the
gulf stream till she arrived near
Cape Hatteras; she would then
strike off to the east, keeping ยป
ittle north, and as she ap-
proached our coast, could not be
@ great distance from any vessel

dies and the Brazils, is the same
as to Rio.

Hr. Dunlap. Suppose the
vessels started, the Mexican on
the 29th, and the clipper on the
26th, would they then be likely
to meet? I think, if there were
no difference in their rates of
sailing, the brig ought to be
ahead of the schooner. If they
met, however, at all, they would
meet at the point above stated
(lat, 30, lon, 34-30),

Cross-examined. I never made
the voyage to Africa, but have
been in sight of the coast of
Guinea. Know the different
rates of sailing between a clip-

and such vessels as the Mex-
jean. It would depend greatly
on the wind; but the sehooner, in
2 light wind, and sailing on the
wind, would beat the brig one-
half, In a strong wind and a
fresh sea, going free, the schoon-
er would not beat the brig so
much, The latter would, per
haps, go nine knots, and the
former eleven.

November 17.

which left Salem on the 29th of
August.

Mr. Dunlap. Suppose the
clipper sailed from the Havana
on the 26th, and the brig on the
29th, would they still be likely
to meet, or notf They would
come near each other, because at
that season of the year, the clip-
per would get along very fast.
The winds in August are light,
and would give her great advan-
tage over the brig.

Cross-eramined. The rans
made by merehantmen depend
entirely upon the winds they
may happen to have. The Liver
pool packets make up from
about one hundred to one han-

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