Note 12 — CHAP. XXV. A NAVAL STUDY—continued.
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20This was fully corroborated by Captain Malcolm, when, having said that “there were no obstacles to prevent the frigates and some ships of the line from going into Aix Roads, he was asked by the President, “if he made known to the Commander-in-chief that by keeping close to the Boyart Shoal the ships might have gone in?”
The reply was in every way remarkable.
Captain Malcolm.—“I do not know that I mentioned this to the Commander-in-chief. The charts showed it.”—Minutes, p. 214. A complete corroboration of the correctness of my charts tendered to but rejected by the Court; though as these had been supplied under the sanction of the Admiralty, it was out of the question to reject them as the basis of evidence, inasmuch as there could be none other of a reliable nature.