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 MIRCOVIOH V. BAEK STAR OF SCOTIA. 581 �could not see the vessel's sails; that it was right ahead, cotn- ing towards them and going to starboard ; that it got about a point or a point and a half on bis starboard bow ; that he went back to the poop deck, and, leaning there on the weather rail, he saw the green light ; that when it got about a point and a half on bis starboard bow it disappeared, and he could see no light; that when it disappeared he called to the carpenter, and asked him if he saw the light ; that the carpenter was looking to windward and told him that he co.ild not see any- thing; that he felt uneasy at the disappearance of the light, and continued to watch to see whether that or any other light would appear ; that after the light disappeared he spoke to the man at the wheel and told him to keep the sails fuU; that he had noticed the sails shaking, the topgallant sails and royal; that after a short time, looking still to windward, he saw a shadow and then the loom of a vessel, and then, ail at once, the other vessel was on top of them. He testified that the Sansego was heading N. W. by N. ^ N. ; that they had been heading so since 8 o'clook the night before ; that the wind had been the same ail the time. The lookout testified that he saw the light a little to leeward ; that he reported it as a green light right ahead ; that the mate came forward and looked at it, and then returned af t ; that the light passed to windward and then disappeared; thathe saw noligiit in place of it ; that he looked for a light, expecting to see it again, or some other light ; that he looked to windward and to leeward and saw nothing; that the next thing he saw was a vessel coming upon them ; that the vessel was close hauled by the wind, braced sharp up; that the light disappeared a short time after the mate went aft; that the vessel was kept by the wind ail the time; that the sails were not changed; that they were kept full, lifting from time to time — when the sails lifted she would pay off a little. The man at the wheel testified that he had been on deck from 13 o'cloek, and took the wheel at 2 o'cloek; that the vessel was heading N. W. by N., by the wind on the starboard tack ; that he heard the lookout report a green light ahead, a little to leeward; that he could not see it then; that as soon as it was reported the mate took ����