CHASE, Circuit Judge (after stating the facts as above).
As the damage to these chestnuts was due to heat, decay, putrefaction, and sweat, it falls within the exceptions to the bills of lading, and the vessel is not liable unless it is proved that the heat, decay, putrefaction, and sweat was caused by its negligence. The Toyohashi Maru (D. C.)
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