394.  But  in  the  strict  sense,  that  is,  as  a  reward  allowed  by  Not  generally

...  a  general

law  to  persons  who  spontaneously  render  services  m  savmg  property  average

from  loss  or  damage  at  sea,  not  under  contract  but  depending  upon  ®^P®°    "^®"
the  rights  given  by  the  law(^),  salvage  is  not  an  expenditure
which  falls  within  the  principle  of  general  average.
Where  a  vessel  has  been  abandoned,  and  is  taken  charge  of  by
salvors  as  a  derelict,  and  brought  into  safety,  the  ease  seems  very
clear.  It  is  impossible  there  to  say  that  there  has  been  any  inten-
tional sacrifice  of  any  part  of  the  property,  or  by  any  one  of  the
co-adventurers,  for  the  benefit  of  the  rest.
{p)  As  to  the  difference  between  ordi-  clause  (Aitohiaon  v.  Lohre,  4  A.  C.  755).
narj   and   extraordinary  pilotage,   see  In  that  case   (4  A.  C.  p.  76S),  Lord

Akerblom  v.  Price,  7  Q.  B.  D.  129.  Blackburn  said  that  salvage  had  always

{{)  Infra,  ss.  418,  428.  been  recovered  from  underwriters  as  a

()•)  Lowndes  (4th),  pp.  150,  260.    Also  loss  by  the  peril  insured  against.
I  understand  that  underwriters  pay  con-  (s)  Briggs  v.  Merchant  Traders,  &o.
tributions   for   salvage,    although   the  Association,  18  L.  J.,  Q.  B.  178 ;  supra,

polioy  may  be  "free  of  particular  aver-  s.  353.
age"  and  notwithstanding  that  salvage  (t)  See  per  Brett,  L.  J.,  in  Cargo  ex

does  not  come  within  the  sue  and  labour  Schiller,  2  P.  D.  145,  at  p.  149.
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468  THE  VOYAGE.
