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29. N3. 



31. No. 



32. Considerably. The whale, I think, is their greatest enemy. Eis- 

 ing beneath the schools, as they play upon the water, with extended 

 jaws, he forces himself up through them with such speed as to project 

 his body h.alf out of water, closing his jaws over large quantities of fish 

 as he falls heavily back. 



33. No. 



34. Seines from 150 to 300 fathoms in length and 20 fathoms in depth, 

 and nets about 30 fathoms in length and from 2 to 3 fathoms in depth. 



35. Answered above. 



3G. Small schooners. Eecently fifteen to twenty small steamers have 

 been employed, the tonnage of which amounts to 1,500 tons. 



37. About 500 men. 



38. The fish are taken by some fishermen with set nets whenever 

 they come to the surface. 



39. No. 



40. They " school " or come to the surface best in moderate winds and 

 calms. 



41. No vessels are fitted out for this business in this immediate 

 vicinity, but large quantities of fish are taken between this station and 

 Monhegan by vessels from other parts of the coast. 



48. About 250. 



50. One and a half gallons, when the first fish appear on the coast. 



51. Three gallons. About the 1st of October. 



52. Yes. 



53. Can give no definite history. 



54. Boston and Portland. 

 50. Painting and tanning. 

 58. Undoubtedly. 



5. Statement of Benjamin F. BrigJitman, Waldohorough, 3Ie., March 18, 



1874. 



1. Pogy. 



2. The most abundant, to all appearances, as we see these and do not 

 see the other kinds. 



3. About the same, I think. 



4. There were taken in the mine about 350,000 barrels by all the fac- 

 tories, viz: Bristol, Bremen, Joseph Church & Co., Eouud Pond, Loud's 

 Ii>land, L. Brightman & Sons, Judson Tarr & Co., Union, Wells Deblois 

 & Brown, Kenniston, Cobb & Co., Gallup & Manchester, Gallup & 

 Holmes, J. G. Nickerson, L. Maddocks, factories the present year, and 

 about the same in previous years. 



5. See no difference. 



0. About the 1st of June the first fish make their appearance, usually 

 scattering ; commence taking in seines about the 15th. They are poor 



