2100 AWARD OF* THE FISHERY COMMISSION. 



Q. Have you ever fished on the Bay of Chaleurs ? A. No j I was 

 never in there but once to make a harbor at Port Daniel. 



Q. Have you ever fished around the west shore, from Point Escumiuac 

 to Eichibucto ? A. I have never been up as far as Eichibucto. I have 

 been as far as Point Escumiuac, but I never fished inshore there. 



Q. You never followed the mackerel down there at all? A. Never 

 close in; but I have fished a little off there. 



Q. You have fished around Prince Edward Island ? A. Yes; all the 

 way from North Cape to East Point. 



Q. Down to Miininegash? A. I was never there. 



Q. You were fishing in the bight of the island chiefly? A. Yes; 

 between North Cape and East Point. 



Q. I suppose past New London and Malpeque? A. Yes. 



Q. Did you ever go into the harbor along there at night? A. I was 

 in Malpeque a great many times. 



Q. Was it the custom of the American vessels to go in there about 

 dark? A. Well, some of the small vessels make a practice of going in 

 every night, but I was never in a vessel that did so; we went in for 

 wood and water. In Wellfleet we never fish Sundays, and generally 

 Saturday night we used to go in and stay over Sunday; I do not profess 

 goodness, but Wellfleet vessels, as a class, never fish on Sunday. 



Q. Were you accustomed to take shelter at night in the harbors? A. 

 No. 



Q. You did not fear to fish off the coast of the island outside the lim- 

 its? A. Not in the early part of the summer; I was never fishing elose 

 enough in to be afraid of fishing there at any season of the year ; I do 

 not consider any place dangerous in July, because anybody knows that 

 easterly winds are not prevalent during July back of the island or any- 

 where else. 



Q. What winds are prevalent on the north shore of the island in July ? 

 A. South and southwest winds, I think. 



Q. Blowing off shore? A. Yes; but after August 10th they are liable 

 to be caught. 



Q. The winds are almost invariably off shore in July ? A. Yes. 



Q. Do you mean to say that there is a change in the wind in August ? 

 A. Yes. 



Q. How does it then blow ? A. The prevailing wind is still west and 

 southwest. 



Q. And that prevailing wind renders the north side of Prince Edward 

 Island practically as safe as possible ? A. Yes, while it lasts ; but after 

 the 1.0th of August I think you are liable at any time to be caught by an 

 easterly wind, and when the wind is from the eastward that is a dan- 

 gerous place, owing to the bars. It is not safe then for vessels drawing 

 over eight feet of water, unless the captain is very well acquainted with 

 the coast. 



Q. After the 10th of August or 10th of September, which would you 

 say? A. I think from the 10th of August out this is the case. 



Q. Have you been there very much about the 10th of August! A. I 

 have fished in the bay during several falls as far as into October and 

 as late as the 10th of that month about the island. 



Q. Do you think that an easterly wind is very dangerous there ? A. 

 Yes. 



Q. Why ? A. Because, if it comes on to blow, it gets up a sea in 

 shoal water ; and, naturally, with an easterly wind the weather thick- 

 ens up, and you cannot see where you are going ; and there will be 

 such a sea on the bar that it will not be safe to go into a harbor. 



