2066 AWAKD OF THE FISHERY COMMISSION. 



can you name any other vessel? During the four years that all the 

 American fleet have been going in there has been only one vessel lost ; 

 that is the fact, I believe? A. I do not know. 



Q. You don't know any other?. A. I know of her because I was in- 

 terested in her. 



Q. You don't know any other? What fish do you take in the weirs 

 you speak of? A. Herrings, pogies, squid, and mackerel. 



By Mr. Trescot : 



Q. You have been asked a great deal about going into Newfoundland 

 for bait. I understand you meant to say that as far as your experience 

 goes 



Mr. WHITEWAY. We want to know what he said. 



Mr. TRESCOT. I want to know what he meant, whether I understood 

 him correctly. 



Q. I understood you to say this, that as far as your experience went 

 you would prefer, and those with whom you dealt would prefer, that 

 your vessels should go to the Bank with salt bait and take their chance 

 of getting a good return, rather than waste the time necessary to go 

 into any of the ports of Newfoundland to buy fresh bait? A. Yes. 



Q. And that your opinion is gaining ground among them? A. Yes. 



Q. I have only one other question. I want to know whether I under- 

 stood you correctly, because Mr. Thomson didn't seem to. I understood 

 you to say that there was a general unwillingness on the part of those 

 people you were familiar with to go within the three-mile limit, because 

 the cost of their vessels was such that they didn't choose to run any 

 risk, and that when they took licenses they took them to guard against 

 any mistake? A. Yes. We would pay $81 rather than run the risk of 

 losing our vessel. 



No. 8. 



HENRY COOK, of Provincetown, Mass., owner and fitter-out of vessels, 

 called on behalf of the Government United States, sworn and examined. 



By Mr. Foster : 



Question. What is your age ? Answer. Sixty-four. 



Q. You are the owner of vessels aud the fitter-out of vessels for the 

 Bank fisheries for cod, I believe? A. Yes. 



Q. In early life you were yourself a fisherman ? A. I was. 



Q. How many years ! A. I think 35 years. 



Q. Did you fish a little for mackerel ? A. Yes. 



Q. But principally for codfish ? A. Principally. 



Q. Did you ever make any mackereling trips to the Gulf of St. Law- 

 rence ? A. I did once. 



Q. What year was that ? A. In '41. 



Q. How many barrels did you get, if you remember ? A. I got 68 

 barrels. 



Q. I will come now to what has been your principal business. By the 

 way, have you been interested in any mackerel vessels of late years ? 

 A. I have had one that I had in the mackerel fishery in 1874. 



Q. What was her name ? A. The Teresa D. Baker. She fished some- 

 where on the coast of the United States. 



Q. In what way ? A. She fished with seine altogether. 



Q. How many barrels did she get? A. Somewhere in the neighbor- 

 hood of 300. 



Q. Did you come up to St. Peter's one season to live ? A. I did. I 



