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Mr. Lye Master of the Porpoise called
Question 1st. being put
Answer - I have heard of such things but they do not come within my personal knowledge except the Circumstance of some Green Baize which he had seen the Tailor using for different purposes in Captn. Short's Cabin.
Question 3d. put
Answer - At the Cape of Good Hope the armourer was lent to a Mr. Rozella for about a fortnight And that the arms suffered materially during his absence for want of being cleaned And at this place during the Time the Ship was refitting James Allen was lent from the Ship to Mr. Fitz and Mr. Luttrell to work in their Gardens , I think he was away for 16 days.
Question 4th. put
Answer - I recalled their being read once in England. Not once on the Voyage And once since the Ship's Arrival here the 8th of the present month by Lt. Tetley in consequence of Captn Short's direction to him.
Question 5th. put
Answer - I have known Boat's Crew's to be kept up from 11 to 2 in the morning and have overheard the People to murmur at being kept up and from that Circumstance think they would have deserted if they had been in a convenient port And does not know of any oppressive act of Captn. Short that would induce them to desert except the above if it may be so Termed.
Question 6th. put
Answer - I cannot possitively say he has.
Question 7th.