He deposed, that he had sailed to the coast of Guinea in the _Wasp_, from whence after he arrived there, he changed as third mate into the RECOVERY, which sailed from Africa on the first of September; he remembered the deceased Negro Girl very well: after he had been ten days on board, he saw Captain Kimber endeavouring to straiten her knees which were bent and contracted, and afterwards flogging her with a whip. While I was standing said the witness, on the starboard side of the quarter deck, I saw the girl running up by the gun takle, which was fastened by a block to the mizen stay: she was suspended by one of her arms, and continued raised above the deck for four or five minutes; she was let down, and lifted up again by the other arm, and Pearson the boy who held the takle jerked the fall: In this situation the boys were endeavouring to make her legs strait. She was taken up the third time by one leg, and the fourth time by the other; after which she was suffered to remain on the deck for some time. In this situation with her head drooping between her knees, Captain Kimber, who was present during the whole of her torture, lifted her up, gave her a slap on the face, and said _the bitch is sulky_: and then again endeavoured to straiten the contraction in the knees, with the intention of inflicting punishment on her. The fifth and last time she was lifted up by both hands, but her feet touched the deck; and in this posture the prisoner flogged her severely. When she was about going down the hatchway he would not suffer any body to assist her, but said _the bitch is sulky she must find her own way_. After she had got down two or three steps with great struggling and difficulty, she slipt along the rest of the ladder. All this happened in the morning. I saw her the next day, and helped her up on deck: she was in a very filthy and shocking condition, quite weak and feeble, her body was covered with whales and bruises; she was not put down along with the other women; but was suffered to languish until she died, on the third day after the suspension. Q. What other persons belonging to the ship’s company were in sight of this business, besides the Captain, the Surgeon, and yourself? A. The man at the wheel, and one or two more. He was cross-examined by Mr. Sylvester. Q. Was you not dancing with the women, at the time this business was going forward? A. I was looking at the women dancing; but when the girl was suffering the punishment, they attended more to it, than to any thing else. Q. Were there any, and what other persons with you at the time? A. I don’t know. Q. Could you attempt to say, that it was by way of punishment that the prisoner endeavoured to straiten the girl’s knees? A. I know of no other motive he could have. Q. Why did you not mention this business at Grenada, on your arrival there?