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(353 FEDERAL REPORTER. �Bchooner. I do not find that it was negligence on the part of the ship to eome along-side the schooner with the force she did, and I am satisfied that coming as she did would have done no damage to a Sound vessel, if the ship's fonder had been arranged so as to take the schooner's side properly. But here lies the fault on the part of the ship. One of her heavy fenders was so hung that the whole weight of the ship was brought upon the rail of the schooner, instead of upon the schooner's side, and damage necessarily resulted. For the damage caused to the schooner by the pressure of the fender at the place where the rail was broken, I hold the ship to bo liable. �Let a reference be had to ascertain the amouufc of that damage. ����