THE MENHADEN FISDEKY. 379 



Monday, 8t/i : Wind blew hard. Hurt Invest ; did not lisb. Tuesday, '.>//( : Went on I in I In- H IVr.iuie l!:iy, vv Inch is the 

 hay above Robins Island; we found lisli scattered a piny here ;ind then all over; we made one set. Imt caught 

 in >ne ; our friends in the sail-boat lav oil' in the I. ay watching ns; but I paid no at trillion to them, as 1 thought the 

 law |iroliil)itrd fishing iu Little Peconie Day, which is below Kohins Island. (I'.nl I o/'ti rn '/irr'n learned thai our 

 assemblyman had made a mistake, and that it was Great instead of l.'ihli- IVronie I'.av. as he had written.) Very 

 ealni and lino. Wednesday, Huh : \\'e went out, in Great Peeoriie. Bay aud I'onnd a good Imneh of fish, aud set around 

 I hem about, sunrise; pursed I hem up and had them seooped into the William Hat lie Id ; there were 51,090 fish, which 

 we sent to the Miamogiie Woi !...-, be I ore my trie mis in the sail-boat could get to us; it, was quite calm ; they wi nt imme- 

 diately to the district attorney aud in.nl. ;i com pi a int. against .us ; we dro]iped oil' a numlier of times during the day, 

 but, lish Ill-ing so seattered, wo caught no more ; pleasant. Thursday, lll/i : Went out in 1'econic Bay ; caught none; 

 the lish rontinne in very bad shape for catching with a purse-seine ; the ha ill -seines are doing quite well ; at night 

 we went to ( ireeuport to get some things we needed ; fair. Friday, 12th: Went out, lishing, but, caught none; weather 

 line. Xiitttrdiiy. I'M It: Caught none ; came home; weather continues tine ; the sheriff came down to see me, and read 

 so papers to me that I suppose he thought would interest me. 



The full record from 1872 to 1880 is as follows : 



1872. 



I have, purchased a small earry-awav called the New York in the place of the William Hatfield, which I have lof i . 

 I let the man that was expecting to sail her for me during the fishing season take her and go to New York and gi I a 

 load of merchandise, aud during a heavy squall, while reefing, a schooner came up from astern, ran into and sunk her off 

 tile south point of Heart Island. The crew of the William Hatfield saved themselves by springing on board the schooner, 

 losing their clothes and effects-, except what they had on their persons. I aftei vvaids saw theovvners of the schooner, 

 but could make no settlement with them, when I employed a lawyer and libeled the schooner, compelling them to 

 pay for the sloop and cargo. We have the sloops painted, and commence lishing in .May. 



MIII/ 1 -'/(. Mii<lay : We went down bay; caught in Xoyack Bay :'.7,MH> lish, which we sent in (he New York to the 

 Algonquin; tine. Titeiilay, 14//I-: We caught in Pecouic Bay 47,000 lish, which we sent in the U. S. Grant to the 

 Algonquin; pleasant, day. ll'tilm *<l,fii. \:>tl< : Caught in Peconic Bay 29,. r iOO lish, which we scut in the New York to 

 the Algonquin ; weather pleasant. Thursday, \6th : Went out in Gardiner's Bay ; caught 30,300 fish, which we .sent. 

 in the U. S. Grant to the Algonquin; tine. Fridn y, \~tli : Caught in Gardiner's Bay 27,500 fish, which we sent in the 

 IT. S. Grant to the Algonquin; pleasant. Nr( iirdny, IS/h: We cameto Jamesport with the sloops ; weather is pleasant ; 

 have had no rain in some lime and the ground is getting very dry. Monday, ~lli : The Algonquin is to lie ii.vd, so 

 we will have to take our tUh elsewhere until they get her iu readiness. We went out in IVi-onic I'.av, caught '.',< !K'. 

 lish, which we sent in the U. S. Grant to Jamesport for the farmeis; pleasant weather. Tin: -,<///, -JU/ : Caught in 

 Peconic Bay 22,750 fish, -which we sent in the New York to Jamesport; line weather, Il'idm-sdui/, -Jji? : We. -aught in 

 Peconic I'.av .".'.1. 3nn iish, which we, sent iu the U. S. Grant to Jamesport: fine weather. Thursday, -S.\d : Caught in 

 I'econie Hay :.;.">,(IIIO lish, which we sent in the New York, and 38,991 in the, U. S. Grant, to .l:nu< -sport ; weather con- 

 tinues pleasant. Friday, i4//i : We caught, in Pecouic Bay 2-",000 fish, which we sent iu the New Yolk, and 19,540 in 

 the U. S. Grant to Jamesport ; we are having very pleasant weather. Saliird(iy,'2:,lh : Caught in IVeonic Bay 34,786 

 lish, which we sent in the New York to Jamesport; pleasant day. Monday, x!7//i : We caught in Peconic Bay 49,541 

 fish, which we sent iu the U. S. Grant, to Jamesport; pleasant. Tumdnii, -l-lli: Caught in Peconic Bay :;u.-J-".' lish, 

 hull w,- sent in the New York, and 31, nun in the U. S. Grant, to Jamesport ; fine. JVidntsday, WUi : We caught in 



I' ie I'.av 7.:'.00 fish, which we sent in the New Y r ork to Jamesport; weather pleasant. Tliumday, 30/A : Caught in 



I'ei-onic Bay -J-.'.yOU fish, which we sent in the U. S. Grant to Jamesport; weather pleasant. Friday. 31s(: We caught, 

 iu Little, Peconic Bay 31,000 fish, which we sent in the New York, and llj,371 in the U. S. Grant, to Jamesport : weat her 

 continues line. 



Jinn- \.st, Hut in-day : We did not fish ; mended seine; pleasant. Monday, 3d : We caught in Little Peconic Bay 

 22,000 fish, which we sent iu the New Yoik to .lamespoi t : pleasant day. Tuesday, Mli : We caught none: the wind 

 blew haul from the east; we anchored in ;he New Suffolk Cove. Wednesday, .till : The wind continued to blow hard 

 from the east ; I went to New York to see about getting a new seine. 'Hun-mini/, (i//i : We caught in Peconic Bay 

 41,338 fish, which we sent in the U. S. Grant to Jamesport; pleasant, day. Friday, 7ili : Caught in Little Peconie 

 Bay :i2.sii(l fish, which we sent in the New York, aud 28,179 in the U. S. Grant, to .Jamesport ; weather continues 

 line. Snliirdu<i. .-///: Did not fish ; weather fair. Monday, lOf/i : Caught in Peconic Bay 1:;, !'.)(> lish. which we sent 

 in the. New York to Jamesport; pleasant. Tuesday, llth : We caught in Little Peconie Bay 01.1111(1 fish, which vv e 

 sent in the I". S. Grant, aud vltl, 171) in the Xew York, to Jamesport ; weather pleasant. JJei/m-.v/dv. l'.V/i : Caught in 

 I'ei-oiii.- Bay ."-7, .".77 tish, which we sent in the U. S. Grant to Jamesport: weather line. Tliurxilnii. l:\th: We caught 

 in Peconic Bay :>4.tltiO fish, which we sent in the New York, and y7,. r )(il'. in the U. S. Grant, to Jamesport : weal her 

 continues fine. Friday, 14/7* : Caught in Peconic Bay 3(j,043 fish, which we sent in the New York to Janie.-port ; 

 weather fine. Saturday , l'>th : We did not fish; mended seine, &c. Mo'iiday, \~lli: Caught in Peconic Bay 44. ."on 

 lish, which we sent in the U. S. Grant to the Algonquin, as she is now prepared to fake fish again ; weal her pleasant. 

 Tuesday, ls, .- We caught in Little Pecouic Bay 40,500 fish, -which we sent in the New York, aud 4,000 iu the I". S. 

 Grant, to the Algonquin ; weather continues pleasant. Wednesday, 19//< : Caught in IVi-i.n ".no lish, which 



we sent in the U. S. Grant, and 30,200 in the New York, to the Algonquin, and 12,218, which we took to Jaimsporr. 

 in the Starlight; plenty of fish ; pleasant weather. Tliurndtiy. '20th: We caught in Peconic Bay 57,000 fish, which 



