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HISTORY AND METHODS OF THE FISHERIES. 



The weather duriug the second baiting was quiet until, toward the last of August, we had 

 perpetual fog, hardly a day passing when the sky was clear in every direction. The thermometer 

 marked ou the average iu the vicinity of 00, with a little lower reading for the temperature of the 

 surface of the ocean. During September the weather was perfect; not only was the average tem- 

 perature warmer, but the air was clear from fog during a large part of the time. The sun shone 

 brightly all day and set iu splendor, and duriug the nights the moon shone in almost cloudless 

 skies. Once duriug the third baiting the wind rose to a gale, and though the trawls were all out 

 the skipper did not think it prudent to risk going after them. Late in the day the sea went down 

 a little, and the dories ventured out. The trawls were very much injured from the rough usage 

 they had passed through, and more than half were entirely lost. I made thermoinetric observa- 

 tions during this time, until a heavy lurch of the vessel threw down my thermometer and broke it, 

 and during the third baiting barometric, observations. 



On the 29th of September the skipper gave the order to "give her the big mainsail." The 

 dories were all cleaned out and fastened securely in their places, the vessel was thoroughly 

 scrubbed, and the vestiges of two mouths' -'gurry" removed in as many hours. Then the course 

 was laid for Saint Pierre, and away we sailed. On the 2d of October we called at Saint Pierre. 

 During the afternoon of that day we encountered a heavy gale between Saint Pierre and Scatari, 

 the southeastern point of Cape Breton Island. At first we ran before the fierce gale, but finally 

 were forced to "lie to;" we arrived at Arichat on the 4th. We ran to Guysborough the next 

 morning for a short call, thence, ou Monday, October G, to Halifax. From Halifax we ran to 

 Gloucester, and, delayed by dead calms when little more than 100 miles from home, finally worked 

 in toward the land, made our way up the harbor, and anchored off the wharf belonging to the 

 owners of the vessel on the morning of October 12. For convenience I have prepared the following 

 condensed tabulated statement of the various movements of the vessels during the entire cruise: 



CALENDAR OF THE CRUISE. 



Date. 



July 12 to!7 



Jnly 17 to 20 



July 20 to 21 



July 21 to 23 



I July 23 to 25 



July 25 to 26 



July 20 to August 7 



August 7 to 9 



AugustO to 11 



August 11 to 13 



August 13 to 14 ... 



August 11 to 20 



August 20 to 31 



August 31 to September 0. 



Septembers to 9 



Septembers to 11 



September 11 to 13 



September 13 to 29 



September 29 to October 2 . 



October 2 to 4 



October 4 to 6 



October C to 8 



October 9 to 12 .-.. 



Movements of vessel. 



From Gloucester, Mass., to Guysborougb, Nova Scotia. 



Stay at Guysborough. 



To Arichat, Cape Breton Island, and stay. 



Arichat to Cape Broyle. Newfoundland. 



Stay at Cape Broylo. 



Cape Broyle to Station 1, noil h 40 3!)', wist 50 37'. 



First baiting. Anchored iu various places on Banks. 



To Saint John's (Fre-sh-Watrr Cove), Newfoundland. 



Saint John's to Tor Buy, Newfoundland. 



Tor Bay to Carbonear, Newfoundland. 



Carbont-ar to King's Cov.', Newfoundland. 



King's Cove to Open Hall, Newfoundland, and stay. 



Open Hall to latitude 45 4', longitude 50 33', and stay. Second baiting. 



To Cape Broyle and slay. 



Cape Broyie to Bay of Bulls, Newfouudland, and stay. 



Bay of Bulls to Portugal Cove, Newfoundland, and stay. 



Portugal Cove to Grand Banks, latitude 45 12', longitude 51. 



Third baiting. 



To SaJnt Pierre. 



Saint Pierre to Arichat. 



To Guysborough from Arichat, and stay. 



Guysborough to Halifax. 



Halifax to Gloucester; arriving at Gloucester at 3 a. m. 



