AWARD OF THE FISHERY COMMISSION. 1933 



the usual course was to commence south and to follow the Null up into 

 the bay? A. Yes. 



Q. That was always the course taken ? A. Yes. 



Q. And you arrived in the bay about the middle of June? A. \Vc 

 came there about the first of July, 1 think. 



Q. Did not some vessels get in earlier? A. They came, I think, about 

 the 1st of July. 



Q. And you remained until the 1st of November! A. I got one fare 

 went home and came back. 



Q. That was the usual course which you followed ! A. Yen. 



Q. The vessels followed the mackerel up from the south and reached 

 the bay about the middle of June or the 1st of July, and then followed 

 them round the bay, staying in the bay until late in the fall T A. They 

 remained in the bay until about the middle of October. 



Q. The fish are very large and fatter in the fall than in the spring, 

 are they not ? A. Yes. 



Q. Give me the nam^s of the vessels in the fleet in which you fished. 

 A. There was the Captain Lee, the William Sutton, and Captain IJrad- 

 ley's vessel, the S. C. Noyes ; the William S. Baker, the Colonel Cook, 

 and the Electric Flash. 



Q. What Nova Scotians had you in the vessel in which you fished in 

 the bay? A. I had Jim Summers, 1 think. 



Q. Where does he reside ? A. At the Strait of Canso. 



Q. Does he reside there now ? A. Yes. 



Q. Give me the names of some other Nova Scotians who were with 

 you ? A. I do not know whether I had any more with me or not. 



Q. Did you have many Nova Scotians with you .' A. I guess 1 had 

 a man named Gushing with me. 



Q. Give us the names of all the Nova Scotians who have fished with 

 you during the whole period you were mackerel-fishing. A. I had with 

 me a man named Colin Murray. 



Q. In the Pathfinder ? A. No. 



Q. Did you have only one Nova Scotian in the Pathfinder ?--A. 1 am 

 thinking whether I had any more. I had a man named Kobert Carter r 

 I think. 



Q. In the Pathfinder? A. Yes. 



Q. Where does he live? A. At the Strait of Canso. 



Q. Had you any others? A. I had John Credington. 



Q. That is a Ca*nso name? A. Yes ; he belongs to Canso. 



Q. And we will find him there ? A. 1 think that you likely will 



Q. Do you remember any other in the Pathfinder ? -A. No. 



Q: Do you remember the names of any Nova Scotians who were with 

 you previously ? A. I had a man named Colin Murray. 



Q. Of Canso? A. Yes; but I cannot think of any other names, 

 though I had a good many of them along with me. 



Q. Do you know the Stapletons of Causo J A. I know only on 

 of that name there. 



Q. Does he go fishing ? A. No. 



Q. Can you give me any other Canso names ? A. There wa 

 Wilkinson. 



Q. Of Canso? A. Yes. 



Q. In what vessel was he with you ? A. In the American 



Q. Do you remember any other name ! A. I have had 

 Scotchmen with me, but I cannot remember their names, b 

 long around there. I cannot think of any more. 



