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 518 PEDBBAL REPORTES. �until he cqiU^ return in another vesael to recover both the cargo and ■wreck. SeM, that such vessel and cargo could not be taken posses- sion of by a strangei-, who -was ifully adviaed of these facts, and knew that tiie master was then' on his way in anotiier vesael to take posses- sion. �e. SaME — SAME — COMPENSATIOU. �Beld, furfher, that the mere fact of placing a man on board, with the object of anticipating and supplanting the master, would not entitle sUch stranger to a share of the property, which was subse- quentlyrecovered bythe unaided efl'orta of the master. — [Ed. �Libel for Salvage Compensation. �Geo. B. Merrill, proctor for libellant. �Miltpn Andros, proctor for respondent and claimants, �HoFFMAN, D. J. On thefifteentb of October, 1879, the bark Cleone, whicb bad just completed a successful -whaling voyage in the Arctic ocean, came to anchor in St. Lawrence bay, near thenortherly entrance to Bebring's straits. On the 19th ber chains parted in a gale of wind, and a short time afterwards she was driven ashore on a sandy beacb in the north-east part of the harbor, where she bilged and filled with water. After the gale subsided she lay on her starboard side, "very still and quiet," in 12 feet of watcr. The season was far ad- vanced, and Captain Nye, the master, at once set about trans- f erring such' portion of the cargo and outiit as was accessible to the Helen Mar, which was then lying in the harbor. He put on board the latter vesael the wbalebone he had obtained, provisions, articles of clothing, furniture, etc., etc. He left on board the Cleone 115 barrels sperm oil, 1,300 barrels whale oil, blubber, and some materials, shooks, casks, etc. He finally quitted the ship with his crew on the twenty-second of October. It was of course impossible for any of his crew to encounter the rigors and darkness of an Arctic winter in a stranded vessel filled with ice. The master therefore made the best arrangement for the care and preservation of his property that was practicable by placing it in charge of a native chief, whose fidelity he endeavored to secure by liberal presents, and by promises of further reward if on his return in the ensuing season he should find the vessel and cargo undisturbed. He gave to the chief and his wives a quantity ��� �