AWARD OP THE FISHERY COMMISSION. 2139 



half f A. We would fish there till our water ran oat, perbaM tea <Ut. 

 or two weeks, and then we would go to the shore. 



Q. Where to ? A. To Magdalen Islands. I wont twiw, I think to 

 the shore. 



Q. What proportion of your trip did you catch on Bank Bradl*? T A. 

 I could not tell you. 



Q. Can you give any idea ? A. Xo. 



Q. You fished at Gaspe in 1859? A. Yes. 



Q. Where did you fish ? A. I fished so that I could see Purc' II ill. 



Q. How long did you fish there ? A. Till I got mj trip. 



Q. Have you ever been farther north than that ? A. Yea. 



Q. Have you fished on the other side of the river Saint Lawrence? 

 A. I did that same year. 



Q. Where did you fish ? A. At Seven Islands. 



Q. You fished there once ? A. Yes, along the coast. 



Q. On the south side of the river at where! A. Cape Saint Anne. 



Q. How many different seasons did you fish there T A. Only on'r. 



Q. Where did you catch the fish at Cape Saint Anne; how far from 

 the shore ? A. About one mile.' 



Q. flow many did you catch there f A. About 70 barrel* up the <! 



Q. How long were you in getting those 70 barrels t A. We might 

 have been there three weeks. 



Q. What did you catch on the north side of the river Saint Lawrence ! 

 A. We caught 70 barrels up the gulf. 



Q. On both sides ? A. Yes. 



Q. You only were one season there ? A. Yes. 



Q. In 1857 where did you catch your tish ? A. To the northward of 

 the Magdalen Islands and on Banks Bradley and Orphan. 



Q. Did you fish every year at Magdalen Islands and Bank* Bradley 

 and Orphan f A. Yes. 



Q. And fished at no other places f A. No. 



Q. At any time? A. In the fall 1 did. I caught a few mackerr 

 Margaree Island one fall. 



Q. Generally speaking, you caught your fish at three pla 

 Islands and Banks Bradley and Orphan T--A. Yea. 



Q. There were some exceptions T A. Yes. 



Q. Tell me what the exceptions were ? A. I caught a f 

 at Cape North Bay in 1857. 



Q. Js T orth of Cape Breton Island! A. Yen. 

 marked on the chart as Aspee Bay. 



Q. How often did you fish there T-A. We fi.shed there a 

 barrels. We were there some three or four time*, 



Q. W^ie^pS^ot^anks'Bwdley and Orphan and 



Islands, vou fished, as you have shown us, on both sule, 

 rence one year and one year north of Cape Breton Warn 

 Q. Tell me any other placeA. We took a few 



f you try any other year !-A. Yes; as we bar* > 



we have heaved to. r. v 



Q. Except; heaving to, you never tried to t 

 fished off there seven or eight or ten or twelve n 



Cove Island. 



