AWARD OP THE FISHERY COMMISSION. 



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We saw the cutter for a few days several times, and w kpt out of fort IIJ 



It seemed to be in the harbor of Tort Hood almost every nigbt. 



Q. Is that correct ? A. Yes. 



We anchored under Margaree Island and Cheticamp, and m*] that h*/bo 



Q. That is where you anchored T A. Yes. 



Q. Did you make that a harbor ? A. We staid at Margaret all (be 

 time. 



Q. How close did you anchor under Margaree Island ! A. Mi- loo 

 yards from it. 



Q. You were inside of the three-mile line ! A. There never were any 

 fish at Margaree Island. 



Q. Between the island and the mainland, I understood you to nay lb*f 

 was the best fishing? A. Not between the island and the mainland. 

 but from Broad Cove down to Margaree Island. I drifted down and 

 anchored there while we got our trip. 



A. We lay under the lee of these places. We caught the fnh irubor*. TWt* * a* 

 mackerel outside the three-mile limit. I would say that five bumln*] b*rrU ol 

 were not caught by the whole fleet outside. There were not tlve hundred bmUo 



Q. Outside the three-mile limit ? A. Outside two miles. 



Q. That was in the year 1852 ? A. Yes. The big mackerel truck Into Uw W. 

 there were many small mackerel outside, but nothing save mackerel about *r 

 length. We heaved to, and we kept out of the way of the cuttrr. Wb#o * l 

 and there was oil about the vessel, the mackerel followed her ouu>d. TVre 



of small mackerel in this part, but of big mackerel we could not p* on* oau><i* ! 



, venr d to t'p BnrtM 



to catch any fish we had to get inshore against the bank, 



had to watch our chance to get in, when the cutter wa out of tb* **<r. In oni 



mackerel. We crossed to the island. We made two hundred and thirty bamfa. 



,we got shipwrecked, running ashore at Souris. 



Q. Is that statement correct ? A. That part about getting aaborv k 

 correct, the other is not correct. 



Q. .1 have read you the statement, and I have asked yoi M 1 

 gone through it whether certain statements were correct ' 

 them were. 



Q. You deny the accuracy of the 230 barrels ! A. l e* 



Q. And you say that you caught them inshore t- 



Q. Those are the two points at which you are at vani 



Q. You say you would have caught the tish inside i 

 got them there, and you would have had no scrap* 



Q. Is there any other material statements that 1 

 you deem incorrect ? 



(Mr. Foster objected to it being assumed that the w,tne 

 to two passages in the statement, whirh was so long 

 so rapidly that he had not the chance to ass 



By Mr. Davies : 



Q. Did you understand the sentences I read 

 statement 1 A. I don't know. Some of t 



wh <K k 



when you contradict Chivirie exeepted 



you catch the fish within three n;.'^'-^-' *"J MV lbf y **f^ 



