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1851. — Cape Cod towns built up by their fisheries. 



Wellfleet, like Provincetown, says the Yarmouth Register, is almost 

 entirely built up by the fisheries. Last year some 17,000 barrels of 

 mackerel were packed in the town, and a large quantity of cod and other 

 fish were brought in by Wellfleet vessels. * * * — (Gloucester Tele- 

 graph, June 4, 1851. 



1851. — Good catch at Yarmouth, nova scotia. 



The Yarmouth (N. S.) Herald states that large quantities of mackerel 

 have been taken in that vicinity.— (Gloucester Telegraph, June 18, 

 1851.) 



1851.— Small receipts of mackerel and unusual scarcity. 



Mackerel continue to come in slowly, and have been sold at $4.75 per 

 barrel for new No. 3. — (Gloucester Telegraph, July 9, 1851.) 



The quantity of mackerel taken by our fishermen so far this season 

 has been unusually small. During the last fifteen days less than 200 

 barrels have been packed, which includes only 2£ barrels fat mackerel. 

 About 75 sail of Cape Cod fishermen made a harbor here on Wednesday, 

 who report mackerel uncommonly scarce for the season. — (Gloucester 

 Telegraph, July 12, 1851.) 



1851. — Bio mackerel catch at nova scotia. — yankee clippers 



AT GASPE. 



From Halifax papers we learn that the catch of mackerel off the east- 

 ern coast of Nova Scotia has been very great this season. 



The Gaspe Gazette of July 10 says : " Great numbers of American 

 schooners are busily engaged catching mackerel in our waters. Nineteen 

 handsome looking Yankee clippers, some of them with their colorsflying, 

 as if in mockery of the Canadian Government, might have been seen the 

 other day from our office windows, fishing within a short distance from 

 land." — (Gloucester Telegraph, July 26, 1851.) 



1851. — Arrival of bay mackerel. 



Mackerel have been arriving more freely within a day or two from Bay 

 Chaleur, and prices are a shade lower. — (Gloucester Telegraph, Septem- 

 ber 20, 1851.) 



1851. — Extraordinary large and fat mackerel from sable 



island. 



A gentleman yesterday assured us that he had seen in the stores of 

 H. Lyle, esq., mackerel taken at Sable Island a short time since that 

 had at least an inch thickness of fat on them. Some of these delicious 

 fish weighed as much as 7 pounds I — Halifax Chronicle. — (Gloucester Tel- 

 egraph, October 8, 1851.) 



