AWARD OF THE FISHERY COMMISSION 2171 



Q. Was it not in the -ale of 1851 T-A. No ; In 18.19. She * ... 

 vessel, too. I hadn't any insurance ou her. My brother a in bJT 

 By Hon. Mr. Kellogg: 



Q. You never heard of her ? A. No. 



Q. Where was she lost? A. She came out of Mal|M N ue at 12 o'clock 

 in the day, and the wind was south then, a moderate briex*. Tb, , 

 died away, and then chopped right around from the unrttinmt ami (I 

 night it was a heavy gale; a very heavy gale; that waa UM l*i 

 heard ot her. 



By Mr. Davies : 



Q. Will you name the vessel ? A. The E. 8. Pcndleton. 

 Q. Did she get ashore ; was the wreck found on the roaat ! \. I 

 think not ; no. 



By Mr. Whiteway : 



Q. How long were you fishing on 'the Grand Bank ? A. I wa on -tht> 



Grand Bank in 1835. 



Q. What was the last year you fished there ? A. 1&4", I think. 



Q. Since that time you have not been fishing on Graud Batik. Hare 

 you been in the gulf? A. Yes; cod-fishing. 



Q. Personally ? A. I was in the Bay of St. Lawrence cod- flub ing that 

 same year, 1845. I was on the Grand Bank in the spring, ami tur Bay 

 of St. Lawrence in the latter part of the season. 



Q. Well, then, you have no personal experience a* regard* lUnk or 

 deep-sea fishing since 1845 f A. No; I have not been cod tUbing, I be- 

 lieve, since 1845. 



Q. Well, now, you have owned several Bank veftseta for aereral tear* 

 past? A. I have always owned some vessels since lS4o. 



Q. Have these vessels, or any of them, been engaged in drrp ca or 

 Bank fisheries f A. Yes. 



Q. How many of them ? A. More or less each year. I could not my. 

 I have had an interest iu a good many different vejwela. 



Q. How many from year to year! Varying between what number. 

 and what other number? A. I cannot lix it in my mind how many ilif 

 ferent vessels that I have had an interest in any particular jear that 

 have been in the Grand Bank fishery. 



Q. But can't you say between that time and the prvaent hoi 

 you have been interested iu ? A. At what time T 



Q. Between the time you left off fishing in lS4.*i and the preaeni 

 A. I think I have owned all the way I don't believe 

 one time an interest in less than ten vessels. Say up to twroi 



Q. How many of those have been engaged in deep-Mft o 

 ing ? A. Well, some parts of the season there might be 

 or ten may be. Then some parts there would not be no man) 



Q. Hand-liners or trawlers f A. \Ve were always 

 I think it was seven or eight years since, periapt, that < 

 method of trawling. 



Q. Now you always use the trawl on the 1 

 last few years. 



Q. For the last seven or eight years !- 



Q. Now, all those vessels you peak of fitted out I 

 course? A. No; I have been interested in a goc 

 State ot Maine. 



Q. Can you tell me now how many vessel* fit out f 



