AWARD OF THE FISHERY COMMISSION. ! 1 



You are all astray about this evidence, are you uot f Did you ever h 

 of the Reciprocity Treaty ? A. What is that T 



Q. Bid you ever hear of that treaty ? A. I do not know ax I undrr 

 st MIR! what you mean. 



Q. Did you ever hear of the Washington Treaty T You have no idea 

 as to when the Reciprocity Treaty began or ended, or of anything of 

 that sort ? A. No ; I have not. 



By Mr. Foster : 



Q. During how many years were you in the Gulf of St. Lawrence io 

 command of the Martha A. Porter ? A. Three. 



Q. Do you mean iu the Gulf of St. Lawrence! A. No. It wa oue 

 year that I was in the gulf iu her. 



Q. You were only one year in command of the Martha A. Porter pre- 

 vious to the years when you went cod-fishing ! A. Yes. 



No. 5. 



Capt. NATHANIEL* E. ATWOOD, manufacturer of cod-liver oil, ami 

 formerly a fisherman, of Provincetown, .Mass., was called on behalf of 

 the Government of the United States, sworn and examined. 



By Mr. Foster : 



Question. You told me, I think, that you were 70 years old laat Satur- 

 day I Answer. This was the case last Thursday. 



Q. Have you been for a large part of your life a fisherman ? A. Yen. 



Q. And also a naturalist; you have studied the habits of li alien ? A. 

 I have to some extent; I hoped to do something for the advantage of 

 science in that direction. 



Q. You have been a member of the house of representative.* of MMM> 

 chusettsl-r-A. Yes; in 1857 and 1858. 



Q. And also a member of the senate of the same State? A. Yes; iu 

 1869, 1870, and 1871. 



Q. I think that you gave a course of lectures, 12 in number, before 

 the Lowell Institute in Boston, some years ago, on the habits of flahe* ?- 

 A. Yes. 



Q. When did you first come to the Gulf of St. Lawrence to flsh f A. 

 I came to this gulf in 1824, in the schooner Independence, for the pur- 

 pose of catching codfish. 



Q. And for what purpose did you then catch mackerel 1 

 for bait. 



Q. During what years were you cod-fishing in the Gulf of 

 rence? A. I went there again in 1825 in the schooner Indi-iwudencr, 

 and in 1828 I was there in the schooner Missouri. 



Q. When did the mackerel fishery in the Gulf of 3 

 as far as you know f A. I have no knowledge of any veaael 

 come to the gulf for mackerel, although I have been told I 

 some did come previously, until 1834, when I was fishing ft 

 on our own coast. Three vessels then went from our place, ant 

 from another place iu the States, I am informed, to the gnl 

 erel. They met with good success, got full cargoes, ant 

 very short time. 



Q. When did you first fish for mackerel in the Gulf 

 A. The next year, 1835. 



Q. And during how many years have you been felling 

 in the Gulf of St. Lawrence ?-A. I made six trips during i 

 sons. 



