AWARD OF THE FISHERY COMMISSION. 2115 



Q. How much ! A. I don't know. Not a very large catch. 



Q. After '39 what did you do ? A. I went shore fishing. 



Q. Was that about six y&rs, or what was it ? A. It was from *39 

 to '45. 



Q. What luck did you have those five or six years T A. Well, we had 

 such luck that we proposed to keep on that shore fishing for that Dum- 

 ber of years. 



Q. You went in often into port ? A. Yea; we made short tripe I 

 cannot tell the amounts that we caught, not well. We went in every 

 month. 



Q. Now, in 1845 where were you ? To the Bay of St. Lawrence. 



Q. What did you get ? A. 130 barrels. 



Q. Where did you catch them ? A. All over the bay. 



Q. Did you catch any of them within the three-mile limit ! A. Not 

 to my recollection. We might have caught a few scattered mackerel, 

 not anything so that I could tell you any number of barrels. 



Q. What places did you go on ? A. Bradley and Orphan and the 

 West Shore. 



Q. Did you go into the Banks again for a few years T What did .von 

 do in '46 and '47 ? A. I think there were two or three years that I flghad 

 on our shores. 



Q. Then after '48 did you go into the bay again T A. (Connultn mem- 

 orandum.) I am not sure of the dates. 1 can tell you if I get the year 

 in toy mind. In '48 I went into the bay. We caught 350 barrels. 



Q. Where did you catch them ? A. The first 40 barrels we caught 

 off Cape Mabou. 



Q. Any other place! A. We caught quite a quantity around the 

 Magdalens, and some off Bradley. We fished anywhere in the bay. 

 We went from place to place to find better fish. They were very poor. 



Q. The mackerel were scarce ! A. No ; there were plenty of flan in 

 the bay, but they were poor, and we went to different places to find 

 better fish. We found the largest at the Magdalens. 



Q. Are you sure you caught that number in 1858! 

 memorandum. A. No. 



Q. '59, was it not ? A. It was '48. 



Q. I was thinking of '58. A. I went again in '58. 



Q. Now, from '48 to '58, what were you doing ? A. Shor 

 again, ten years. 



Q. Did you find it lucrative ? A. I did. 



Q. Then you began the bay fishing again in V3 

 bay again : yes. 



Q. What was the result ! A. The result was very poo 

 only 30 barrels. 



Q. Were you all over the bay ? A. Yes. 



Q. In '59 did you go into the bay !-A. \es. 

 The first trip we got 150 barrels, and the second, 1< 



Q. Where did you get them ? Did you catch the scc< 

 Magdalens altogether ? A. Yes. 



Q Where did you get the 150 barrels T-A. Ue canght I 

 West Shore partly-Bradley Bank, West Shore, and down the u 



Q. When did you next go into the bay .- 



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