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calculated to carry on business there to have my vessels come into BL 

 Peter's and fish there. 



Q. What St. Peter's do you refer to where is it! A. In Cape lire ton 



Q. And you meant your cod fishermen to come there and procure fifth 

 there ! A. The first trip. 



Q. Well, did you establish yourself there ! A. Yes. 



Q. How long ? A. I staid there three months. 



Q. Was the experiment profitable ? A. No. 



Q. You abandoned it because it. was not profitable ? A. Yes. 



Q. How many cod-fishing vessels are you interested in now ? A, Seven. 



Q. Where are they ! A. Three are home in the harbor, one in the 

 gulf, and three are on the Grand Bank. 



Q. Where is the one in the Bay of St. Lawrence ? A. She was fish- 

 ing on Bank Bradley the last I knew anything of her. 



Q. Now, what does she do about bait ? A. I think I gave her eight- 

 een herring-nets heavily laden; hardly any corks. They sink about 3 

 fathoms. 



Q. How are they used ? A. They put them out from the vessel, and 

 tie one to another. They set generally about two-thirds, and keep one- 

 third as a reserve in case of losing the others. They have these to fall 

 back upon. 



Q. There would be about twelve of these nets set to catch herring for 

 bait? A. Yes. 



Q. Is that done on the cod-fishing grounds ? A. Altogether, that ever 

 I have heard them say. I never was there. 



Q. At Bradley ? A. Yes. 



Q. Now, take your other vessels cod-fishing. You say three of them 

 are on the bank and three have returned. State, if you please, how you 

 provided them with bait this year. A. I provided my hand line vessel* 

 with sufficient bait to obtain a cargo. 



Q. What' bait was it? A. The Gertrude is the one that arrived at 

 Provincetown. She had 50 barrels of clauis, at $3. She came home 

 with a full cargo of 1,300 quintals, and sold 18 barrels of clams on the 

 bank. 



Q. You provide them with clam-bait wholly for voyages on the Grand 

 Bank? A. Yes. 



Q. Was that the first to make a full trip this year T A. She was the 

 first one in the harbor about three weeks ahead of any other. 



Q. Take the second vessel the second one in. A. Yes. That was 

 the Arthur Clifford. She had 1,600 quintals. She carried 10 barrels of 

 clams, with a trawl. Sue fished with tbe trawl. She went into New- 

 foundland twice ; but she carried into Newfoundland when she first 

 went in 1,000 quintals. 



Q. Caught with salt clams ! A. Yes, and what he could get out of 

 the fish. 



Q. Now, her two trips to Newfoundland cost how much T- 

 hundred and forty-seveu dollars, gold. 



Q. Now, take the two vessels, the Gertrude that came in fl 

 1,350 quintals with salt claims, and the Arthur Clifford t 

 quintals and took 600 of them with squid at *147 gold, w 

 most profitable of the two voyages f A. The most proflubl 

 one with the clam bait, the Gertrude. 



Q. Take your other vessels, you say a third has come I 

 She is the schooner S. E. Davis. 



Q. What did she do? A. She had 1,500 quintals or theretJ 

 This is guess. She consumed all her salt, and I suppose 



