AWARD OF TDK FISHERY COMMISSION. 2081 



Q. Constantly week in and week out for as many as 15 yean* !A. I 

 should be a little surprised. * 



Q, With respect to the number? A. Yes; because, to the beet of 

 my knowledge, I should not think there would bo so uiauy going there 

 for so many years. 



Q. You know Souris Harbor on the map ? A. Yes. 



Q. Now, if the wind is northeast, or north, is there any difflcultv in 

 making Souris ? A. I think not. 



Q. Has it not been the invariable custom for all the fleet to make for 

 the harbors at night, and remain there during the night T A. I dou'l 

 know. It was not when I was one. 



Q. If it was so (it was in point of fact from 1851 to 18G7 or 1877) if 

 they remained in the harbors during the night, and went out at day- 

 break, would you consider there was any difficulty ? A. I dou't know. 



Q. You dou't know what improvements have been made by the gov- 

 ernment in these harbors ? A. No. 



Q. And, therefore, your information upon that point as to the respect- 

 ive dangers of the navigation of Prince Edward Island and Magdalen 

 Islands refers to a period of 35 years ago ? 



Mr. DANA. You mean his personal experience. 



The WITNESS. Yes. 



Q. You would hardly hazard an opinion on that point against the 

 opinion of men accustomed to sail there year after year T A. No. 



Q. You have never been personally fishing on the Banks for codfish ! 

 A. Never. 



Q. It is only of late years that the practice has been made of using 

 fresh bait ? A. So I understand. 



Q. Has it been prosecuted to any extent since it has first been taken 

 , up? A. To quite an extent. We had fresh bait ou the Banks for a 

 number of years. 



Q. You said, 1 think, in answer to Mr. Dana, that a very large pro- 

 portion went in one year, about half of them last year, and that you 

 were not able to say how many of them went in tUU year to Newfound- 

 land ? A. I don't know. 



Q. You can't tell whether those two vessels, the Emma Linwood am) 

 the Freddie Walter, went into the bay this year or not T You have t 

 knowledge one way or the other ! You were not there, and ban 

 heard directly from your captains ? Not being there yourself, a* a a; 

 ter of fact, you have neither personal knowledge nor the means t 

 mation ? A. I am satisfied in my own mind. 



Q. You have a shrewd suspicion they did not ! -A. I illdn t 

 to go in. I sent them hand lining, and I heard from them on tl 

 August. The hand-liners had not been in, and I dou't believe 

 been in since. 



Q. I thought you said you did not hear from those two v< 

 you heard direct from the captain ?-A. 1 saw the Advert* 

 from them direct ou the 10th August. 



Q. Do you believe or have you certain knowledge 1 

 express any opinion as to whether of two venae a fishing a 

 one another, one with salt bait and the other with treah- 

 vessel furnished with salt bait would be able to compote v 

 furnished with fresh bait? A. I don't know. 



Q. If a practical fisherman were to assert that a vessel 

 would have no chance alongside of the other, you would ., 

 to dispute it? A. No. f xlr 



Q. A gentleman called by the American Governmen 



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