It was made of weather-board, and was a fixture. The grating on the top of the deck was to let air into the stoke-hole. I never saw it covered over, and did not see any covering for it. The bunker holes were on deck. They were covered with iron tops, or lids. The entrances to the stoke-hole and engine room were on the port and starboard sides. There was a window in front of the poop on the starboard side. It was about sixteen inches square, a wooden frame with glass fitted in. It was large enough for an ordinary man to get through, and was used for passing food into the saloon. It opened into the pantry, and the pantry led to the saloon. When unfastened, it was made to fall down on its hinges horizontal inside the pantry, thus forming a sort of shelf on which dishes were placed. A small bracket underneath kept it in position as a shelf. When shut, the fastenings were two small brass bolts, one each side. These bolts were not so thick as my little finger, and when the window was closed they shot into catch holes at the sides of the wooden frame work. They fitted loosely, and when shutting the window we used to turn the bolts round to prevent them slipping out of their sockets. The window was constantly being used, and sometimes was left open on a fine day. I remember the ship getting to about two miles east of Cape Schanck, at three o’clock on Thursday afternoon (28th December). There was a heavy sea running off the Cape, but not so heavy as I have seen by a long way. The wind veered round to S. W., and the captain altered the ship’s course. By altering the course, the ship was kept close enough up to the wind to allow of the sail drawing to keep her steady. The crew came aft at eight bells (4. P. M.), while the ship was still heading off the land. Shortly afterwards Captain Mathieson kept the ship away on her course for Port Phillip Heads. I suppose it would be about ten minutes after the ship was kept away that she shipped the first heavy sea on the lee side. All the doors leading into the galley and stoke-hole were closed on the port (the weather) side. I could not say whether at that time they were open on the starboard (the lee) side, but they were open all the time previously. She took the sea I have spoken of on board close by the engine room. It canted her over to starboard. The deck was right full up with the water, which ran all the way aft. The after part of the alleyway was under water up to the break of the poop. The pantry window would be about two feet above the level of the main deck. I could not say whether the water covered the window altogether, but it was sufficiently up against it to get in if it were open. This was the sea that swung the saloon lamps up against the ceiling and broke them. Sail was then taken off the ship, and her head brought up to windward, but she would be no sooner close up than the seas would knock her off into the trough again. The captain was at the wheel on the bridge at this time.