AWARD OP THE FISHERY COMMISSION. 2117 



Q. Is it very plenty A. There is a good many of thorn caught ; ttm 

 sands ot barrels. 



Q. How are they caught ; from the boats ! A. With neU |irittrlMllv. 



Q. How big are those nets! Some five or ix fathom* long? \ 

 Twelve or fifteen fathoms long. 



Q. Fifty or sixty feet long ? A. Yes. 



Q. More than that ? A. Yes; some ninety. 



Q. That is a very great supply ! A. Yes ; there is any ijuanttty ot 

 them. 



Q. Yonr Gloucester vessels that want to go and stay in the Itay through 

 the autumn those you have had built that have been in u the la*t 

 twelve or fifteen years are large sized and good venae!* ? A. Ye, mr. 



Q. They draw about what, when they are half full f A. I nhoaM 

 think our vessels that go into the bay would draw from H$ to 12 feet of 

 water. 



Q. If there is danger of heavy weather, it behooves them to be pretty 

 careful what harbors they enter and what coaat they are on T A. Ve. 



Q. It is not your opinion that if a vessel draws twelve feet nhe can CD 

 safely into a harbor when the depth is only twelve feet in the mill water 

 by any manner of means I A. No ; it would not be very safe. 



By Mr. Doutre : 



Q. When did you say you heard for the first time there were mackerel 

 in the Bay of St. Lawrence f A. In 1847. 



Q. You never heard of it before? A. Not mackerel fl.hinjf. 



Q. Where do you say you fished in 1847; what part of the bay ? 

 I think we fished abroad off North Cape, and toward* Bradley lUnk. 

 Then we ran over to Magdalens. I think, when I left the bay, I came- 

 direct from the Magdalens that fall. 



* Q. What did you consider a good catch when you went into lb 

 bay ? A. That depends upon the size of the vessel. 



Q. In what kind of a vessel did you go there ? A. The one 

 was a small vessel. She would not stow more than l.'iO barrel* 

 I got, perhaps, two-thirds of the quantity she would carry, 

 about 100 barrels. 



Q. Did you consider that a good catch ? A. >o; I Ui 



Q. How many men had you on board T A. About seven or PIJ 



Q. What was her tonnage! A. Thirty two tons c 

 measurement. 



Q. Now, to sum up all your fishing in the bay, do y 

 you never fished within three miles !-A. I don't know 



J Q. Do you mean to say you never fished within three wile 

 coast ?-A. I don't think 1 ever did. I don't know but 

 have been some people that might have been i 

 the crew might have thought we were within three i 

 recollect any time when I supposed we were withm tl 



13 Q!' Well, did you ever see people from Prince Edward Island n 



"O You V n e e r vtrwere near enough to Prince Edward l.land tj 

 sho^e^LTsLToffTheref. 



Q. Did you hear they were hslnngf- 

 there, but I was never near enough to see t 



^BrvlTn^^r^tm the coast the.v 

 didn't know how far they might come ofl. 



