AWARD OF THE FISHERY COMMISSION. 2195 



enough to make 350. I was in a gale of wind with 280 barrel* i 

 rest I filled up at Margaree. , 



Q. Those yon caught at Margaree you caught inshore T A. Yea. 



Q. In 1856, the third trip, you caught 7,1 or 100 barrel* innbore at 

 Margaree I A. I caught 215 barrels inshore at Mar^urw 



Q. What year was that ? A. In 1804, I think. The year I cot 1JOO 

 barrels. 



Q. I am referring to 1850. You took 75 or 100 barrel* inabore at 

 Margaree ? A. Yes. 



Q. Were all those taken at Margaree taken inshore T A. Yea. 



Q. In 1854, on the second trip, you caught 3,10 barn-la, one-half of 

 which were taken at Margaree ? A. 215 barrels. 



Q. Were they taken inshore ! A. Yes. 



Q. Then all that were taken about Margaree, and from then* toCbeti- 

 camp, were taken inshore? A. Yes; all but that oue time in Itto del 

 Norte. I did not take those inshore. 



Q. There was one exception ? A. Yes ; that time. 



Q. What was the year ? A. No man could catch any inshore thai \ernr, 

 1852 ; the year I lost the vessel. 



Q. Was there anything special about the mackerel in the gulf that 

 year ? A. I was only in a little while. I went in late in the fail, caught 

 mackerel, got ashore, and lost the vessel. 



Q. That year 1852 how many did you catch in the Rio del Xorte T 

 A. 130 barrels. 



Q. You did not come to the bay till September T A. Some time in 

 September. 



Q. You got ashore, and abandoned the voyage ! A. Yea. 



Q. Was there any conversation between you and Chivirie about hi* 

 phartering a British vessel ? A. No. 



Q. Can you recollect distinctly ? Do you undertake to swear dUtiuctly 

 there was no such conversation ? A. Yes. 



Q. Why do you recollect there was no such conversation T - 

 such a thing as chartering a British vessel I never thought of. 



Q. Were not tne cutters there that year T A. Yes. 



Q. Were you not kept out of the inshore limit* T--A. We were. 



Q. Is it a thing impossible that such a conversation should have t 

 place, and that you should have desired to get oue of your men u 

 a British vessel, and so enable you to fish inshore with impu 

 There were not any mackerel inshore that year. 



Q. Not in 1852 ? A. No. 



Q. Do you remember the catches made by different vww 

 A. By the time I got in the bay it was late. I know bngtt 

 were fishing inshore, and we fished outside the 1 

 try inshore in the morning and come out I 

 mackerel picking. 



Q. Did the cutters run up every day marki 

 A. He staid there till night every day. 



6 Q. Why did you not go away out into the bay !-A. Bxaa 



was the only place where we could get any fish. 



topsail back and lie to till the afternoon, then g 



