COLEMAN, District Judge.
This is a libel in rem for loss of cargo, claimed to be due to improper stowage and handling. On April 20, 1923, the libelant's assignor shipped 1,150 barrels of refined sesame oil in the steamship Breedijk at Rotterdam, Holland, consigned to Baltimore. The bill of lading contained the following exceptions:
"The act of God, enemies, pirates, robbers, thieves, vermin, barratry of master and mariners, restraints of princes and rulers...
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