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with fresh bait while it lasts, I consider that if you take Milt n ami 

 go down to fish on the Bank, and take your time, you will ,| dm.!*!! 

 better with it. 



Q. Does fresh bait take the fish quicker tlmn Rait bait ? A. You tll 

 catch a few more fish while it lasts, but it only keeps u abort time. 



Q. You think that it is not advantageous to go to Newfoundland or 

 oil the coasts of Nova Scotia for fresh bait f A. Ye*. 



Q. And your principal reason for arriving at that condtiMou t*. that 

 it gives an inducement to your people to take spirits ! A. 1 wl that n 

 was such an inducement; but another fact is, that the vejuirU wbtrb 

 carry salt bait get more fish and tbe best trips. 



Q. Then salt must be better than fresh bait T A. No; it i* tbe tun* 

 that is to be considered. A Nova Scotia schooner, on tied partly in 

 Gloucester and partly by a man named Goodwin, doet better every year 

 with salt bait than other vessels which have fresh bait. 



Q. Why do you cast a reflection on your own |M-<>pU>, and my I bat 

 they are reduced by spirits to be idle ! A. I did not ooao. More tbao 

 one-half of the time is lost in going in for bait. 



Q. Are you aware of any drafts having been drawn on you for fmn 

 bait '? A. This may have been the case and it may uot. 



Q. You know of no drafts having been made on you for frrnh bailf- 

 A. I do not swear that there have been, but I have no doubt Ibal oar 

 vessels have gone in for bait. 



Q. You have no idea of vessels going in from the Grand Hank for 

 bait, obtaining it, and returning to the bank in fifteen day* ; on wbat do 

 you base your opinion ? A. I say so because bait is "not always plenti- 

 ful. 



Q. But you have never been in for bait?--A. No; but 

 people say so. I have heard a good many {>eople say so. 1 have be*nl 

 a good many people state the time they have lost by going in for bmU. 



Q. Suppose you were told that a vessel could go into Newfoundland 

 for bait and return to the Bank in 7ii hours, would you not 

 sider that such a privilege was a very useful advantage ? 

 the whole story. 



C^. But suppose it were the case ! A. If a man waa on 

 swore to it, 1 would uot believe him. 



Q. But suppose it was the fact ! A. should doubt 

 statement. 



Q. If it was so, would you consider it an advantage to U 

 in tor fresh bait f-A. No'; I told you, and that is my cam 

 given without any prejudice whatever, that our VSM 

 cidedly better off if they used salt bait. 



Q. Even if they could get fresh bait by running mio N 

 and returning to the fishing ground in .5 days !- 



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. Bat snppose that yon co.,1.1 d. so in ihrr. 



time. I cannot answer it soastol.es 

 Q. You cannot give an opinion on tl 



