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 05 FEDERAL REFOBTEB. �it migbt Bo occur, please to explaiu why, in jour judgment, it might ? Answer. Supposing the circumstances to be as etated in the fourth interrogatory, the vessels might corne together in the positions stated, even with the exercise of proper care over their respective wheels, and while each waa endeavoring to keep her course. This might occur either from the yawing of the vessels, and especially the bark, and their constant tendency (especially the bark) to eat up into the wind, which would, or might, frequently occur on their course, and set their heads so as to show the steamer's green lights to the bark's red light, if they were at the time in the vioinity of each other. �Fifth. Supposing the steam-ship's bows to be occasionally plunging into the sea, and spray to be flying over the turtle- back, but not to such an extent as to render it unsafe for a .seaman to stand there, should a lookout bave been stationed there — the night being dark, and the atmosphere such as to create apprehension in the officers' minds respecting the like- lihood of seeing vessels as they approached? Answer. Sup- posing the circumstances to have been such as are stated in the fifth interrogatory, the epeed of the vessel should have been diminished, and a lookout placed on the turtle-back. A diminution of speed would have decreasedthe amount of spray. If the officers had apprehensions about the ability to see .approaching vessels, ordinary prudence would have required, in addition, an increase in the numbor of lookouts. �This answer covers the sixth and seventh interrogatories, as well as the fifth. �Sixth. Supposing the circumstances to be such as stated in the interrogatory immediately preceding, would a diminution of the steamer's speed bave tended to reduce the quantity of spray over the turtle-back, and to improve the prospect of maintaining a safe lookout from that part of the vessel ? �Seventh. Supposing the circumstances to be as stated in the fifth interrogatory, would ordinary care and vigilance have required the speed to be reduced and a lookout tried from the turtle-back ? Answered in answera to fifth and sixth interrogatories. ����