Mr. Justice HUNT stated the case and delivered the opinion of the court.
The Ethan Allen was going eastward through Hell Gate, on her passage to some port in Connecticut. The wind was fresh and blowing from the southwest. She was running against a strong ebb-tide, and for the purpose of avoiding the strength of the tide was running close under the eastern shore of Blackwell's Island. Her hull was within about seventy-five feet of the wall of the island, and her sails...
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