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tion. I am not that sort of a man. If I am not satUnVd wuh a 

 I turn him out of my employ. 



Q. Then do I take that you have never expressed diasatiafactioti 

 any of your captains because he has done this ? A. 1 dou't 

 that I have. 



Q. Now, then, you are only dissatisfied when they remain what ytm 

 consider an unreasonable time ! A. O, that is not satinfacturj to bar* 

 a vessel lying in the harbor. 



Q. Then you are only dissatisfied when they remain too lone tioM I 

 A. I am never dissatisfied when they are doing tlnir best and tntof . 



Q. Now, are not the captain and crew equally int*re*ul with the 

 owner in getting bait and being ott' as quick an possible ! A. Well, 

 certainly they are interested in the voyage, of course. 



Q. Then when you would lead the Commission to suppose that tbe 

 captain and the crew were anxious to remain in harbor*. neglertiDf 

 their duties on the Banks, to the prejudice of the owner*, they would 

 be equally injuring themselves as well as the owners! A. Well, there 

 are a great many of them that don't care anything almut that. 



Q. They are completely lost, then, the captain and crew, to self mtrr 

 est ? A. All the captains and crews of ray vessel** ar not all ahkr. 



Q. You won't say they are completely lost to self-interest! (So an- 

 swer.) 



Question repeated. A. I won't say that they are all lost to self inter- 

 est. They are not altogether unmindful. I should hojie not. 



Q. They have as deep an interest in the voyage a* the owners; they 

 have a one-half interest ? (No answer.) 



Q. Are they not as deeply interested in the voyage as the oww 

 A. Of course they have an interest in the voyage, or they wooM 

 be there. 



' Q. Well, now, are you aware as to the effect uixra the t 

 of a large number of vessels fishing with trawls and eor 

 space of ground with trawls baited ; has it the effect of attract; 

 keeping fish upon the ground ! A. Well, there are vari< 

 about it. 



Q. Now, as a fisherman, do yon consider that seven 

 number of vessels, fishing upon the Banks, all of then 

 would have the effect of attracting and keeping t 

 grounds the spreading of such a large amount of 

 asserted here that it has the effect of keeping the ttl 

 the inshore. Do you concur in that opinion ? 

 wood that said so.-A. Well, it has a tendency to tl 

 catch them up, right in certain localities. 



I It has the effect of attracting fish ?-A. Making the t 



Grand Bank ? A. No ; I cauuot 

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