2182 AWARD OF THE FISHERY COMMISSION. 



Q. What did you pay in ? A. Currency. It was an American vessel. 



Q. That ends'the Rattler? A. Yes. 



Q. In 1865 what vessel were you in ? A. The Blue Jacket. 



Q. What did you do that year ? A. I got 670 barrels the first trip on 

 what they call Pigeon Hill. 



Q. Was that within three miles or not? A. No; we just saw the 

 tops of the hills. 



Q. What did you do with the 670 barrels ? A. Shipped them in the 

 steamer. 



Q. From where ? A. From Canseau. 



Q. What did you pay ? A. 81. 



Q. Gold or currency ? A. Currency. 



Q. The freight was paid in Boston ? A. Yes. 



Q. Then your second trip in 1865, how many did you take ? A. I got 

 400 barrels. 



Q. Where did you take them ? A. About half-way between Magda- 

 lens and East Point. 



Q. All of them ? A. Yes ; we drifted down about that direction. 



Q. Did you take any of the second trip inshore that year ? A. No. 



Q. How late were you that year, if you remember ? A. I went out 

 of the bay pretty early. 



Q. In 1866 what vessel were you in ? A. The Wild Fire. 



Q. What was her tonnage ? A. She was 108 tons, new tonnage. 



Q. Did you take a license that year ! A. I think I had bought a 

 license in Georgetown, but I have looked over the list and could not see 

 that I had paid for any. 

 ^ Mr. DAVIES. The names of the parties are not entered there. 



Q. You thought you had bought a license ? A, Yes ; but I could not 

 see my name. I thought I had paid for it. I was a sick man, and put 

 inshore, and I thought I bought a license. 



Q. What were you in in 1866 ? 1866, 1 believe, is the last year you 

 were fishing. Now, how many fish did you take that year ! A. The 

 first trip I got 600 barrels. 



Q. What did you do with them ? A. I put them aboard a steamer at 

 Plaister Cove. 



Q. What did it cost you to send them home? A. $1. 



Q. Where were these 600 barrels taken ? A. On Magdalens, Bird 

 Rocks, and all around the Magdalens, I fished that year. The mackerel 

 were scarce. 



Q. How many did you take the second tripthat year? A. 360 barrels. 



Q. Where were they taken ? A. I got them all offshore, but I think 

 I got about 50 or 60 barrels at Margaree Island in the fall. 



Q. Those you caught at Margaree were inshore? A. Yes; it was a 

 blowy fall. 



Q. About how late did you go home that fall I A. I went home, I 

 guess, on the 20th October. 



Q. Since then, you have not been fishing yourself? A. No. 



Q. Now, before I ask you about your subsequent business, there is 

 another matter I want to inquire into. There is a gentleman who seems 

 to know about your business, and property generally, Mr. Campion. I 

 read from his statements, page 37 of the British Testimony : 



"Q. When you were four or five years in Gloucester with American 

 vessels, did you notice whether they made such large catches when high 

 prices prevailed, and whether the wealth of the place was greatly in- 

 creased in consequence ? A. Yes ; it was materially increased. Some 



