2152 AWARD OF THE FISHERY COMMISSION. 



Q. Fishing! A. Yes; but I cannot commit my memory to every time 

 and place. 



Q. Did you go there every year when you came to the bay to fish ? 

 A. I think that I did. 



Q. You generally, as others do, have run down the north side of the 

 island ? A. Well, if I go there, I do. I have run 7 times out of 10 from 

 Canso to Magdalen Islands. 



Q. When you and others have come to the bay, have you and they 

 not made a practice of fishing off the north coast of Prince Edward 

 Island ? A. I have tried there, I think, every year that I was in the 

 bay, but I cannot tell what my neighbors have done. 



Q. Have you not seen other vessels fishing there ? A. Yes. I pre- 

 sume that they were fishing or trying to fish. 



Q. Have you any doubt of it at all ? A. No ; not in the least. 



Q. Off what parts of the island did you use to fish ; for instance, did 

 you fish from East Point down to Two Chapels ? A. Yes; I tried there 

 last year ; but I could not command my memory to any other year in 

 particular in this respect, but still I have no doubt that I have done so. 



Q. It is a well-known fishing-ground to many Gloucester fishermen, 

 is it not ? A. I presume that it is. 



Q. Is that not the fact ? A. I have stated that I have fished there, 

 and I have seen my neighbors there. 



Q. Have you fished or seen vessels fishing down off Eustico and 

 Malpeque Harbors ? A. Malpeque yes. I have fished there and tried 

 there ; and I was in Malpeque Harbor last year and one year before. 



Q. Going up farther west, off Cascumpeque, Kildare, and North Cape, 

 have you fished there? A. I do not remember fishing on this side of 

 North Cape, farther than Tignish Chapel. 



Q. That is also a fishing ground pretty well known among Gloucester 

 fishermen, and one of the points which you make? A. I presume so. 



Q. Did you fish on the other side of North Cape, off Miminegash ? 

 A. 1 do not know of such a place. 



Q. It lies between North and West Capes? A. I do not remember fish- 

 ing there. 



Q. When would you go to Prince Edward Island, or would yon select 

 any special part of the season to do so f A. I was there last year dur- 

 ing this month. 



Q. How was it during previous years, 1864, 'G5, 'G7, or'68? A. I 

 cannot commit my memory to the time of the year when I was there ; 

 one trip excepted. 



Q. Would you go there when you went up to the bay in the spring, 

 or did you do so later, in September or October ? A. Well, I never have 

 been there earlier than in July as I know of. 



Q. Do you generally strike the Magdalen Islands during the first trip 

 for mackerel ? A. Yes. I have gone there 7 times out of 10. 



Q. And when would you leave these islands ? A. I fished there until 

 I got my trip, if I found the mackerel there. 



Q. I do not notice your having got any one trip at the Magdalen 

 Islands alone. A. O, I think I have stated that I did get a full trip 

 there. 



Q. Have you ever fished on the west shore of New Brunswick, from 

 Miscou down to Kichibucto ? A. No; not that I remember of. 



Q. You may have done so and have forgotten it? A. I think not. I 

 think if I had fished there I would remember it. 



Q. Did you ever fish in the Bay of Chaleurs ? A. I have tried there. 

 Q. Have you seen other vessels there ? A. I presume that I have. 



