AWARD OF THE FISHKRV COMMISSION. 2053 



Q. Is Malpeque Harbor too shoal ? A. Wo think so in tin* event of* 

 northeast storm. 



Q. You state that Prince Edward Island is a much more daneeroim 

 place to fish at than the Magdalen Islands ? A. I do. 



Q. And you state that this is the general opinion of all fishermen ! 

 A. I do uot kno\v about that. I never inquired about it, but all tin- 

 men I ever heard talk about it say they would rather fish at the Mai; 

 dalen Islands than in any other part of the Hay of St. Uwrenee. 



Q. Why? A. Because it is much easier to make shelter there HIM 

 anywhere else in the gulf. 



Q. Then you have talked over the matter with others .'A. That in 

 my opinion too. 



Q. You have then talked this matter over with other people ? A. No. 



Q. How then did they appear to state that ? A. In common conver- 

 sation. One might ask where they preferred to fish in the bay, and they 

 would reply that they would rather lish at the Magdalen Islands than 

 anywhere else. 



Q. Why? A. Because we can make shelter and make slick then* 

 quicker than any where else in the bay to make slick is to make smooth 

 water. 



Q. And you can get smooth water at any time around the Magdalen 

 Islands ? A. As a rule we can. We can easily make slick there. 



Q. And if you are fishing around Cape North, Prince Ivlward Island, 

 can you not do the same thing ? A. Yes ; but I never lished there n 

 great deal for mackerel. 



Q. And yet you say that it is a more dangerous fishing place than the 

 Magdalen Islands? A. I have fished in the bight of the island. 



Q. I am speaking of North Cape or East Point ? A. Yes; you can 

 make slick splendidly under West Cape. 



Q. Where is West Cape? A. It is west of North Cape. 



Q. You can get shelter there easily enough ? A. Yes ; and splendid 

 shelter. I would have been glad to have reached that point during the 

 great gale of 1851. 



Q. Why do you say that this is a dangerous place if you can get 

 smooth water there? A. When we speak of the dangers incurred in 

 mackerel fishing here, we refer to the bight of the island. My expe- 

 rience has beeu acquired there. 



Q. And the only experience you have had there has been in the bight 

 of the island ; are there no harbors in the bight of the island ! A. Yes: 

 there are Malpeque, Cascumpeque, and New London. 



Q. And Georgetown ? A. That is on the south side of the island. 



Q. You never went into any of these harbors except Mai peq net 

 Yes; I was in Souris. 



Q. And you never were at New London or Caacnmpeqoe f- -A. That 

 year we were not acquainted with them. 



Q. Were you ever there when you were acquainted with them ?- 

 No ; I never was around the island but one year. 



Q. Why, then, do you give it as your experience that thia is a .iangvi 

 ous place? A. As a man who is president of an insurant 

 insuring Cape Ann vessels and that sort of thing, I have to keep n 

 posted on these matters. 



Q. You do not then speak from your own experience ?- 

 experience was enough for me. 1 have had vessels 

 last ten years. 



Q. A great number of vessels were wrecked in the I 

 you were there? A. Yes. 



