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sitting on a Carronade in any first or other watch during that passage.
Answer - I do not.
Question - If Lieutt. Tetley was seen in that situation by any other person walking the Quarter Deck, could it escape your Observation.
Answer - No. as I always reported the Log to him every hour And if he had been asleep I must have known it as he is very difficult to wake when asleep.
Question - From your own Observation and as Mate of Lieutt. Tetley's Watch do you consider him as a person addicted to getting drunk.
Answer - I do not
(Signed) T Hardinge
In giving our Opinion on the above; it appears to us that Captain Short had appropriated to his use,
some yards of Green Baize and about 100 feet of Wainscot for Conveniences about his Cabin And that a false Entry has been made in the Ship's Log Book respecting a Davit being carried away And that the Carpenter was directed to expend an Anchor Stock to replace the Davit, the Anchor Stock having been previously cut into boards to replace the Wainscot used in Captain Short's Cabin. It also appears