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between Brown's and Cashe's Banks. The western edge of this body 

 of lish extended to within 10 miles of the latter bank. Captain Thomas 

 says: " Nearly all mackerel fishermen know that in June and July the 

 ehief part of the lish was caught in the deep water between Cashe's and 

 George's Banks in depths ranging from about 100 to 200 fathoms " 

 Captain John W. McFarlane, of the schooner William F. Gaffhey, which 

 arrived in Gloucester on June 23, with a full fare, told me that he caught 

 the larger portion of his fish in the deep water 10 miles southeast from 

 Cashe's and that when the fish failed to "show" at the surface there, he 

 "stood in" toward Cape Ann. When about 30 or 10 miles distant from 

 the land, in the deep water lying in an east- southeast direction from 

 the Cape, he fell in with numerous schools, capturing enough in one day 

 to complete his load. Mr. Silas Calder, one of the crew of the schooner 

 W. H. Wellington, of. Gloucester, states that from July 1 to July 20 

 there was a large fleet of mackerel schooners fishing from 90 to 100 

 miles southeast by south from Monhegan Island. He thinks that a 

 very large percentage of the mackerel caught by the New England 

 fleet, during the period above mentioned, was taken in that locality, 

 namely, the deep water between Cashe's and George's Banks, where 

 also the Wellington, which left Gloucester on her first trip June 28, 

 returning in twelve days, caught her fare of 100 barrels. The whole 

 fleet did well, many vessels securing large fares in a few days.* 



Captain Ilurlburt, formerly of the United States Fish Commission, 

 and others who have been engaged during this season in the mackerel 

 fishery, concur in this statement. Captain Hurlburt is one of the 

 crew of the schooner Wildfire, which arrived from a mackerel trip on 

 August 7, after an absence of twelve days, with 535 barrels of fish. He 

 says that 100 of the above were taken in the deep water 35 miles east- 

 southeast from the shoal water of Cashe's. These were all fine fish. 



*The following chronological record of arrivals of mackerel schooners with full fares 

 caught, for the most part, hetween Cashe's and George's, from July 20 to July 29, 

 inclusive, is obtained from Obtain Martin's journal: 



July 20. — Seven schooners arrived, two of which averaged 360 barrels each, after an 

 absence of only six days, while the total aggregate brought in by the whole was 2,390 

 barrels. 



July 21. — Two schooners, with an aggregate catch of 370 barrels. 



July 22. — Two schooners, with an aggregate catch of 490 barrels. 



July 24. — Nine schooners, with an aggregate catch of 2,404 barrels 



July 25. — Seven schooners, with an aggregate catch of 2,225 barrels. 



July 2(J. — Eleven schooners, with an aggregate catch of 3,150 barrels. 



July 27. — Eight schooners, with an aggregate catch of 2,835 barrels. 



July 28. — Fifteen schooners, with an aggregate catch of 5,398 barrels. 



July 29. — Fifteen schooners, with an aggregate catch of 4,965 barrels. 



This gives a grand total of 24,227 barrels of mackerel taken by seventy-six schooners . 



In corroboration of the above, the Cape Ann Bulletin of August 2, 1882, contained 

 the following: 



"Last Thursday there w'as an immense arrival of mackerel, one vessel bringing 

 500 barrels, another 400 barrels, another 375, and another 350. The best mackerel 

 are of extra good quality, most of them being taken between George's and Cashe's." 



