13 of the boat. I am not aware that he holds any certificate as a seaman of any class, nor as a pilot. He was sent on board the Rithet by Capt. Irving and I know he has acted as quarter master on the Yosemite, a steamer on the same route. I think he had made two or three trips with me. At the time the whistle blew I knew we must be near  ? Point, to the southward of it. As soon as I heard the gong I rose from my chair and went towards the pilot house but before I got out of the saloon door the collision occurred. I am not sure whether I then went direct to the pilot house or to the main deck first. The bow of the Rithet had run under the boiler deck of the Enterprise, almost parallel with the hull.