AWARD OF THE FISHERY COMMISSION. 2135 



Q. How many mackerel did you get the first trip ! A. I think ahoot 

 300 barrels. 



Q. Where were they taken t A. In deep water. 



Q. Whereabouts ? A. At Bank Bradley and off (aM|N*. 



Q. How far out I A. At Banks Orphan and Bradley ; we are not al 

 ways in one position ; our position varies 20 or 30 mile*. 



Q. Were they taken within sight of land ? A. In night of 

 Hill. 



Q. Did you get the whole 300 barrels thereabout* ! A. We went to 

 Magdalen Islands for water and tried for mackerel, but caught very 

 few. Most of them were caught where I have mentioned. 



Q. During the second trip of 1856 how many mackerel did you g-t ! 

 A. About 200 barrels. 



Q. Where were they taken ? A. At Magdalen Islands. 



Q. Were any of those taken inshore f A. I don't think ao. 



Q. In 1857 how many trips did you make ! A. Two. 



Q. How many barrels did you get the first trip T A. About 300.- 



Q. Where were they taken ? A. At Banks Bradley and Orphan and 

 down at Magdalen Islands. 



Q. Was any portion of the catch of the first trip in 1S57 taken in- 

 shore ? A. I think not. 



Q. How many barrels did you get the second trip? A. I think about 

 200. 



Q. Where were they taken ? A. At Magdalen Islands, and iu the 

 fall we took about 40 barrels in Cape North Bay. 



Q. Were they taken inshore at Cape North Bay T- -A. Yen. 

 were taken up "in the bay, within perhaps three or four mil** of the 

 beach, with half that distance from the shore on the north side, North 

 Cape. 



Q. In 1858 what were you doing ? A. Mackereling iu the bay. 



Q. How many trips did you make T A. Two. 



Q. How many barrels did you get T A. I think about : 

 first trip. 



Q. Where were those taken ? A. At the Magdalen Islam 

 ward of the Magdalens. 



Q. What do you mean by northward T- A. \\lien we I 

 Purse's Hill, as we call it, we call ourselves to the nortl 

 Magdalen Islands. 



Q. Did you get the fish up toward Seven Islands ! 

 at Seven Islands. 



Q. Did you fish there at Seven Islands !- 

 Cape St. Anne on the south side. 



Q. When you fished at Seven Islands, how did you 



% W WUhdories !-A. In stern boats and little Nova Scotia boat, 

 round bottoms. v 



Q. Did you catch the fish inshore there !- 



Q. Did you fish in the middle of the river there!- 



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Anne, you don't mean that it was done in tl 



Lawrence? A. No. , , . . s.veu UlamUT 



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