AWARD OF THE FISHERY COMMISSION. 1963 



Point, the Magdalens, Margaree, up on the West shore, and w- i,*h.-<| 

 anywhere we could get mackerel. 



Q. How long were you taking 120 barrels ? A. We eame from IHMIM- 

 the 5th day of July, and got home, I think it was I would not aav- 

 after the 20th of October. 



Q. That, I suppose, must have been a losing voyage? A. Well wo 

 didn't make much on that. 



Q. What did you make yourself as captain about what? A. \\VII, 

 sir, I made, I think it was, $110, my percentage and all. 



Q. Did the vessel make anything* A. No; tin- vessel nmld not 

 make anything. 



Q. In 1876, last year,' what were you in .'A. 1 was in the II. I. 

 Haskins. 



Q. How many barrels did you get ? A. 120 barrels. 



Q. Where did you get them ? A. We got tliem at tin- M.igthtlen*, 

 all but 20 barrels. 



Q. Where were those caught ? A. The 20 barrels we got abroad oft 

 East Point. There is a shoal oft' East Point, between there and Port 

 Hood. There is a shoal about south or south-southeast from Kast Point. 

 When it is rough it breaks there. We caught most of them about there, 

 about 20 barrels. 



Q. How far from land is that? A. We reckon it seven miles off, six 

 or seven miles; but I don't know whether it is laid down so on tin* 

 chart or uot. 



Q. Now, you have fished, by your account, a good many wiccejwiv* 

 seasons at Magdalen Islands; can you tell the Commission whether ti 

 is a dangerous or a safe place to fish, and give your reasons ? A. Well. 

 sir, as far as I know, I always fished there because 1 thought it wan 

 safer place to fish. We had a better chance to make lee, we could do it 

 f so quick. It was just like running around this table. If we were 

 'anchored one place we could hoist our jib and go around to another 

 so we could go round and round as we required. We always thought 

 it was a safer place to fish. Another thing, we always caught a great 

 deal better mackerel. They were always larger and better than they 

 were over at the island. When I have been catching mackerel t the 

 island, it was none but a parcel of poor trash any way. 



Q. You have always brought all your bait from home ?- 

 brought it from home or else sent home ; telegraphed and had 

 down. 



Q. What has it been ? A. Pogies and clams. 



Q. How many times have you telegraphed to have it orougl 

 A. Year before last, 1873, we telegraphed for 20 barrels of 

 sent it down. 



Q. Eighteen hundred and seventy-three is not yeai 

 I say in 1873 we had it sent down. 



Q. Have you ever had it sent down any other year! 



Q. Have you ever bought any ? A. No. 



Q. Theu,it has all been brought with you except that 

 had 20 barrels sent ? A. Yes. 



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there 



than 



we saw a big fleet we would come anil see now many n 



times we would count them. I have seen, in lfc.3, as 



at a time. 



