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Capt. Solomon Jacobs, stocked over $2,400 in three short trips in one 

 week, in October, 1878; in 1876 sch. Herbert M. Rogers, Capt. Richard 

 Warren, took at one haul, off Block Island, 165 bbls. fat mackerel, which 

 sold at $25 per bbl., stocking $4,125 ; sch. Gen. Grant, Capt. Coas, stocked 

 $11,254.94 net on two Bay trips in 1864; sch. Nor" Wester, Capt. Daniel 

 Hillier, stocked $9,721.74 on one Bay trip in 1864. In three months of the 

 same year sch. Gen. Sher?nan, Capt. George W. Miner, took 612 bbls., and 

 stocked $9,696 ; sch. John Bright, Capt. Aaron Riggs, took 639^ bbls., and 

 stocked $10,711.21 gross ($9,518.34 net), on one Bay trip in 1866; the high, 

 line made $288.73, low line $106.06, cook $382.78 ; she went through Canso 

 after Aug. i, and packed out Nov. 15. 



The earliest receipt of new mackerel was in 188 1, when the sch. Edward 

 E. Webster, Capt. Solomon Jacobs, sailed from Gloucester March 15, and 

 arrived at New York March 23, with 140 bbls., which sold for $3,000. In 

 1878 10 bbls. were taken by sch. Lilian, of Noank, Conn., and landed at 

 Lewes April 5, selling in New York at 20, 15 and 10 cents each. First 

 fare, 150 bbls., sch. J. J. Clark, Capt. Charles Lee, at New York April 13. 

 The first receipts in 1880 were April 4; in 1879, April 14; in 1876, April 

 24; in 1877, April 25 ; in 1875, April 30. 



DORY FARES. 



In the Winter of 1877-8, Leander Godditt of Pigeon Cove took 2,200 lbs. 

 codfish in one day ; John E. Woodbury and his son Elbridge, of Folly Cove, 

 took 3,900 lbs.; Albion Knowlton and Howard Parsons, 3,850 lbs.; Warren 

 and Howard Poland, 3,800 lbs.; J. W. Marchant and B. F. Saunders, 3,300 

 lbs.; John Woodbury and C. Sammis, 3 200 lbs. The same Winter a Mr. 

 Taber of Nantucket launched his dory, pulled two miles to the fishing 

 grounds, took 2,114 pounds of codfish, and pulled ashore, all on one tide, 

 not exceeding three hours. Feb. 26, 1880, Mr. George Woodbury of Folly 

 Cove had three tubs of trawls set, comprising 1,500 hooks. He hauled his 

 trawls and got for his hard day's work five pounds of fish. The next day 

 Mr. Ezra L. Woodbury overhauled six tubs of trawls and did not get a fish. 



