2178 AWARD OF THE FISHERY COMMISSION. 



No. 21. 



ANDREW LEIGHTON, of Gloucester, fisherman, and member of a fishing- 

 firm, called on behalf of the Government of the United States, sworn and 

 examined. 



By Mr. Foster : 



Question. How old are you ? Answer. Fifty-five years. 



Q. When were you first skipper of a mackerel vessel in the Gulf of 

 St. Lawrence ! A. In 1847. 



Q. What was the vessel? A. The Alabama. 



Q. What was her tonnage ? A. About 70 tons old measurement 55 

 new measurement, I guess. 



Q. Now, how many fish did you catch that trip, and where were they 

 caught ? A. 260 barrels at Bird Eocks and Biron Island. 



Q. Then what did you do ! A. I went home and went to the Georges 



Q. What for there ? A. Cod-fishing. 



Q. The next year, '48, what vessel ? A. The Eio del Norte. 



Q. Did you make more than one trip for mackerel ! A. No. 



Q. How many barrels did you get and where ! A. 350 barrels, at 

 the same places, at the Bird Eocks and Biron Island. 



Q. And the rest of that year what were you doing ? A. Cod-fishing 

 on the Georges. 



Q. In 1849 what did you do ! A. I went to the Georges fishing all 

 the year. 



Q. In 1850 what did you do ? A. I was to the Georges that year. 



Q. In 1851 were you to the Bay of St. Lawrence ? A. I was in the 

 same vessel to the bay in the bay. 



Q. That was the year of the great gale ? A. Yes. 



Q. What did you catch ? A. 350 barrels. 



Q. Where were they taken ! A. We got them all at the Magdalens 

 280 barrels before the gale ; and I caught at the Margaree Islands 

 after the gale enough to make 350 barrels. 



Q. At Margaree Islands did you catch them inshore or out ? A. I 

 hove to off shore ; and the wind was westward, and we drifted down 

 inside of the island, and caught enough to finish the trip at anchor 

 there, between Margaree Island and the mainland. 



Q. In 1852 what were you doing ? A. I went to the Georges until July, 

 and then went a trip on the shore, and came into the bay in the last of 

 September. 



Q. How many fish did you catch on the United States coast that 

 year ? A. 110 barrels. 



Q. What vessel were you in in 1851 ! A. The Eio del Norte. 



Q. These 110 barrels you caught on the United States coast, where- 

 abouts were they taken ? A. They were taken down off Mount Desert, 

 along the coast. 



Q. Then what did you do with them? A. Went home and packed 

 them out and sold them, and came to the bay. 



Q. About what time did you come to the bay ? A. I think about the 

 middle of September I went up there. 



Q. How many mackerel did you catch, and where were they taken! 

 A. In the bay. I made 130 barrels, and got ashore in Souris and lost 

 my vessel. 



Q. Was that all you had taken before the vessel was lost ! A. Yes. 



Q. Now, where were these taken, inshore or offshore! A. From 

 three or four miles to seven or eight miles off' Magdalen and along there. 



