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  REPORT 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  [28] 
  

  

  At 
  1 
  p. 
  in. 
  we 
  started 
  for 
  St. 
  John's, 
  Newfoundland, 
  arriving 
  there 
  at 
  

   C.20 
  the 
  same 
  evening. 
  Several 
  icebergs 
  Avere 
  passed 
  outside 
  the 
  har- 
  

   bor, 
  a 
  few 
  of 
  which 
  were 
  photographed. 
  A 
  boat 
  was 
  sent 
  ashore 
  with 
  

   an 
  officer 
  to 
  call 
  on 
  the 
  American 
  consul, 
  who 
  returned 
  with 
  the 
  boat 
  

   and 
  paid 
  an 
  official 
  visit 
  to 
  the 
  ship. 
  

  

  Several 
  Norway 
  haddock 
  taken 
  in 
  haul 
  No. 
  2434, 
  on 
  June 
  23, 
  con- 
  

   tained 
  large 
  numbers 
  of 
  young 
  about 
  three-eighths 
  of 
  an 
  inch 
  in 
  length. 
  

  

  Unsuccessful 
  attempts 
  were 
  made 
  to 
  catch 
  cod 
  with 
  the 
  menhaden 
  

   bait 
  procured 
  in 
  Newport, 
  E. 
  I. 
  The 
  Grand 
  Banks 
  fishermen 
  use 
  cape- 
  

   lin 
  at 
  this 
  season 
  of 
  the 
  year, 
  followed 
  by 
  squid 
  a 
  month 
  later. 
  A 
  few 
  

   of 
  the 
  former 
  were 
  procured 
  from 
  the 
  Keewatim 
  on 
  June 
  25, 
  and 
  the 
  

   results 
  were 
  all 
  that 
  could 
  be 
  desired. 
  

  

  During 
  the 
  29th 
  and 
  30th 
  we 
  coaled 
  ship, 
  taking 
  on 
  board 
  100 
  tons 
  of 
  

   anthracite. 
  On 
  July 
  1 
  we 
  procured 
  two 
  barrels 
  of 
  capelin 
  bait, 
  and 
  at 
  

   5.35 
  a. 
  m., 
  July 
  2, 
  got 
  under 
  way 
  and 
  steamed 
  out 
  of 
  St. 
  John's, 
  New- 
  

   foundland, 
  in 
  a 
  dense 
  fog. 
  

  

  But 
  four 
  hauls 
  were 
  made 
  during 
  the 
  day, 
  the 
  results 
  obtained 
  being 
  

   numerous 
  starfish, 
  hermit-crabs, 
  and 
  shells. 
  A 
  line 
  of 
  soundings 
  and 
  

   dredgings 
  was 
  run 
  along 
  the 
  deeper 
  waters 
  between 
  the 
  Grand 
  Banks 
  

   and 
  the 
  Newfoundland 
  coast. 
  It 
  was 
  continued 
  across 
  Green 
  Bank, 
  

   the 
  southern 
  end 
  of 
  St. 
  Peter's 
  Bank, 
  and 
  the 
  gully 
  between 
  St. 
  Peter's 
  

   and 
  the 
  southern 
  end 
  of 
  Banquereau. 
  An 
  extended 
  examination 
  at 
  the 
  

   east 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  latter 
  bank 
  was 
  made 
  for 
  coral, 
  but 
  we 
  were 
  able 
  to 
  

   procure 
  only 
  a 
  few 
  small 
  fragments 
  with 
  the 
  apparatus 
  we 
  had 
  on 
  board. 
  

   The 
  line 
  was 
  then 
  carried 
  the 
  whole 
  length 
  of 
  Misaine 
  Bank, 
  across 
  the 
  

   gully 
  between 
  the 
  latter 
  and 
  the 
  west 
  end 
  of 
  Banquereau, 
  thence 
  across 
  

   the 
  Middle 
  Ground, 
  the 
  Northwest 
  Prong, 
  and 
  then 
  to 
  Halifax, 
  Nova 
  

   Scotia, 
  where 
  we 
  arrived 
  at 
  4 
  p. 
  in., 
  July 
  8. 
  We 
  encountered 
  dense 
  fogs 
  

   during 
  the 
  entire 
  trip, 
  with 
  the 
  exception 
  of 
  a 
  few 
  hours' 
  sunshine 
  on 
  

   two 
  or 
  three 
  occasions. 
  

  

  Trials 
  were 
  made 
  for 
  god 
  on 
  the 
  various 
  banks. 
  None 
  were 
  taken 
  on 
  

   Green 
  Bank, 
  but 
  they 
  were 
  caught 
  plentifully 
  on 
  the 
  south 
  end 
  of 
  St. 
  

   Peter's, 
  east 
  end 
  of 
  Banquereau, 
  along 
  the 
  entire 
  length 
  of 
  Misaine, 
  the 
  

   west 
  end 
  of 
  Banquereau, 
  the 
  Middle 
  Ground, 
  and 
  on 
  the 
  Northwest 
  

   Prong. 
  Capelin 
  bait 
  was 
  used. 
  

  

  On 
  July 
  3 
  nine 
  hauls 
  were 
  made, 
  with 
  results 
  about 
  the 
  same 
  as 
  on 
  

   the 
  2d. 
  Nine 
  hauls 
  were 
  also 
  made 
  on 
  the 
  4th, 
  one 
  containing 
  19 
  pole- 
  

   tlounders. 
  During 
  the 
  day 
  11 
  specimens 
  of 
  Goode's 
  cup-coral, 
  1 
  large 
  

   and 
  30 
  or 
  40 
  small 
  Macrurus 
  Bairdii 
  were 
  obtained. 
  On 
  the 
  5th 
  twelve 
  

   hauls 
  were 
  made, 
  with 
  results 
  about 
  the 
  same 
  as 
  on 
  the 
  two 
  previous 
  

   days. 
  We 
  tried 
  hand-lines 
  in 
  the 
  evening, 
  using 
  capelin 
  bait, 
  taking 
  

   33 
  cod 
  and 
  4 
  flounders. 
  On 
  the 
  0th 
  we 
  made 
  ten 
  hauls, 
  containing 
  nu- 
  

   merous 
  sea-urchins, 
  hermit-crabs, 
  sea-anemones, 
  starfish, 
  and 
  shells. 
  

   Twenty-six 
  cod 
  were 
  caught 
  with 
  hand-lines 
  during 
  the 
  day, 
  capelin 
  

   bait 
  being 
  used, 
  as 
  before. 
  Six 
  hauls 
  were 
  made 
  on 
  the 
  7th, 
  with 
  prac- 
  

   tically 
  the 
  same 
  results, 
  with 
  the 
  addition 
  of 
  several 
  shrimp. 
  Two 
  8- 
  

  

  