2180 AWARD OF THE FISHERY COMMISSION. 



Q. In 1854 what vessel were you in ? A. The same vessel. 



Q. More than one trip ? A. Yes, two trips. 



Q. How many did you get the first, and how many the second trip ? 

 A. The first trip we got 350 barrels, I believe, and the second trip 

 200. 



Q. Where were they taken ? A. The first trip was taken at the Mag- 

 dalens, and the second I got about 100 barrels inshore between Cheti- 

 camp and Margaree Island, Mabou, and along there. 



Q. Did you take auy of them within three miles? A. Yes, 100 'bar- 

 rels, I guess. 



Q. Where ? A. At Margaree, and right along shore there. 



Q. In 1855 what schooner were you in ? A. The Montezuma, two 

 trips. 



Q. How many barrels each trip ? A. 200 barrels each trip. She was 

 a small schooner, and that was all she would carry. 



Q. Where was the first trip, and where was the second trip taken ? 

 A. Taken at the Magdalens, the first trip, and along West Shore and 

 Bradley Bank on the West Shore, just in sight of land. The second 

 trip at the Magdalens. Then I went home and went fishing on our own 

 shore. 



Q. In 1856 you were again in the same vessel ? A. Yes, three trips. 



Q. How many barrels did you get ? A. 260 each of the first two 

 trips, and the last trip 200. 



Q. Where did you get the first, second, and third trips ? A. I got 

 them, one trip at Bradley and West Shore, the other at Magdalens. 

 We got about 75 or 100 barrels inshore at Margaree Island, in the fall, 

 late. 



Q. That was a larger number of barrels than you had taken before ? 

 A. Yes. 



Q. Did you go home after each trip ? A. I went home each trip. 



Q. Were those large or small mackerel ? A. Small mackerel. 



Q. It was not a very profitable trip on that account? A. No, I didn't 

 make much of a year's work; they sold cheap. 



Q. In 1857 what did you do ? A. I was in the Queen of Clippers. 



Q. Where did you fish ? A. At the Magdalens. 



Q. How many trips ? A. Two ; the first at the Magdalens. 



Q. How many barrels did you get ? A. I think the first trip we got 

 550, and the second 300. 



Q. Where did you say the second was taken ? A. Taken around the 

 Magdalens. 



Q. Take the following year, 1858 ? A. I was in the same schooner, 

 the Queen of Clippers. I got one trip at the Magdalens of 350 barrels, 

 then I got 200 barrels in the fall of the year. I got about 50 barrels, I 

 think, at Cape North Bay. 



Q. Where did you get the rest ? A. Around Margaree Islands. 



Q. Then your second trip that year was largely taken inshore, was 

 it ? A. Yes. I only got 200 barrels ; I didn't make the whole trip. It 

 was blowy weather, and there was no chance. 



Q. What proportion of the second trip was taken inshore? A. About 

 100 barrels. I got 100 barrels at the Magdalens, and then came over 

 and got 100 barrels more. The weather was bad, and there was no 

 chance. 



Q. In 1859 what vessel were you in ? A. The Rattler. 



Q. Did that belong to you ? A. Yes, sir. 



Q. Wholly? A. Yes. 



Q. Was it a new vessel built for you ? A. Yes. 



