AWARD OF THE FISHERY COMMISSION. 217$ 



Q. Did you fish in 1852 any part of your trip in tho gnlf within tfcrtw 

 miles? A. No ; nowhere, without it was down at .Murgun<e KUiid atd 

 along there. There was a cutter there, and a steamer and bout, and lh 

 captain, Laybold was his name, he used to run IJIH three mile* dowo, 

 and we always fished outside of that. 



Q. You say there was a steamer and gunboat and barge ? A. No, 

 a hermaphrodite brig the brig Boston. 



Q. Now, do you remember anything the captaid did Captain Lar- 

 bold about showing the line within which the t'nited rttatr* vnwU 

 were prohibited from fishing? A. He told me he would run a three- 

 mile line down every day. 



Q. Did he do it? A. I suppose he did. We always fUlied on i aide. 



Q. Did you see the line run ? A. I used to see him a* he weui down 

 and when he came back again at night. 



Q. Now, was a man by the name of Chiverie on board then T A. 

 Yes. 



Q. He was one of your men? How old was ho! A. Somewhere 

 about eighteen years old. 



Q. I showed you the testimony he gave with reference to that trip in 

 your vessel, didn't I ? A. Yes. 



Q. Is it correct or not ? A. No. 



Q. In the first place, with reference to the number of barrel* of mark- 

 erel taken in the Rio del Norte, did you take more than I'M barrel* f- 

 A. No. 



Q. In the next place, did you say anything about going 

 mackerel anywhere ? A. No. 



Q. Did you go inside of the three mile line, as pointed out 

 Captain Laybold? A. No; not to catch any mackerel, 

 anchor. 



Q. Did you own part of your vessel that year T- 



Q. That was lost ? A. Yes. 



Q. Well, something was said by Captain Chiverie about : 

 an attempt to hire a British vessel, after you had lost your, 

 der to fish in there ; was there any attempt of i 

 fishing was about over j the gale of wind broke i 



Q. Your vessel was lost when? A. The lot 



Q. When your vessel was broken up, what did yot 

 home. 



Q. What became of the vessel?- -A. bhe v 



Q. Was there any of the underwriters or their 



w, 



lost your vessel T A. I was in the Snowsqu 

 Q. Did you go to the bay that yeai * 



' 



^. wnen you speak of U.-.I...T. 

 land, what laud do you mean ?- 

 ~'" 1 - shore. 



How many barrels of mackerel did yoi 



trip we got 350 barrels. .^ ^^ .^ ^ g uoiri q, w JI ( 



N I DM yoT IleZportion of these .ucteri .1*1. *~ - < 



the shore? A. No. 



