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BWeDISH BABE ADOLPH, 785 �to leeward, about lialf a point on the port bow ; that he Judged it to be seven or eight times the length of his ship away ; that he called to the man at the wheel, "Port your helm a little;" ihat he -went to the compass by the man at the wheel, and saw him put his wheel to port, and saw by the compass she came iip to N. W. f N., her heading before that being N. W.; that after she had so come up and been steadied at that course, and while he still stood by the compass, the lookout hailed him again, "Eed light right ahead;" that then he went up to leeward and saw the light right ahead on the jib-boom ; that it might be six or seven lengths off; that he then went and looked at the compass, and made no other change in the course of his vessel ; that she was then lying as close to the wind as she could lie with Ml sails ; that then the lookout sung out, "Keep her off;" that he, the mate, answered, "It's too late to keep off, we are right on her;" that he saw no light on the other vessel then, but he saw the shade of the vessel; that she was right athwartships of the bark; that it was not five seconds after the lookout's bail, "Keep her ofif," before the collision. �The man at the wheel did not see the light till the lookous ■hailed the second time. He testified that then he leaned over to the right and stooped down and saw a red light right ahead. One of the men amidships v?as in the foreeastle and heard the lookout's first bail of "Eed light little to leeward ahead," and shortly after his second bail, "Eed light right ahead," and hearing that he went out of the foreeastle, but he did not look for the light ; he heard the lookout say "he thought there would be a collision," ànd he went on the starboard side and looked a;nd saw a small vessel a couple of ship lengths ahead of the bark, lying athwartships of the bark ; that then the lookout sung out "Keep off;" that he stood there and looked a few seconds and then ran back. The other seaman stationed amidships heard the first bail, "Eed light little to leeward," and then the bail "Eed light right ahead ; " that on hearing tbis he ran forward and jumped up on the top-gallant foreeastle aiid saw the red light, and then saw the broadside of the other ����