AWARD OP THE FISHERY COMMISSION. 



Q. And 1874 ? A. I was not in the bay that year. 



Q. Were you in the bay in 187r> ?_A. Yes ; in the Martha ' t*| 

 did not stop, as we did not get any mackerel at all. 



Q. How long did you remain in tho bay ? A. Thre week*, I thmk 

 We tried to seine, but we did not get any fish at all. 



Q. Who was captain of the Galena when you were in her T A I wt 



Q. Dp you know Captain Beatton ? A. Yes. 



Q. Did you know him when he was captain of the Galena ? A. Tt 

 it was in 1865 when he was captain of that vessel. 



Q. Did you see him in the bay in 1865 f A. Yea. 



Q. Do you know what he caught that year! A. No, I do not recol- 

 lect. 



Q. Or where he caught them ? A. No. 



Q. Was Joseph Beatton, of West Point, in the Galena the year JOQ 

 were captain of her ! A. No. 



Q. You said you fished all over the bay some years f A. Yea; wt 

 fished in different parts of it. 



Q. Have you fished at all about Seven Inlands ? A. No; I tterw 

 fished there. 



Q. It is a fishing ground for some fishermen ? A. I snppoae ao. 



Q. Have you heard American captains speak of il an a fUhinj 

 ground ? A. I have heard them speak of catching mackerel there. I 

 heard James Pattilo tell about catching mackerel there. 



Q. He is an American captain ? A. lie has own one, bat he wia 

 not one then. He used to belong up here in Nova Scotia nomebraL 



Q. Did he fish in American vessels f A. He has tithed in tbcm. 



Q. .Did you ever fish along the Gaspe" shore alx>nt Honaveoture ? 

 I fished along about northwest of Bonaventnro ; just in sight of Jt. 



Q. You never fished close in there ! A. No. 



. Q. Do you know whether any of the fishing fleet flab abool lfc* al 

 times? A. The vessels that do so are very scattered, I gneai 



Q. Have you heard fishermen speak of it as a fishing ground ? 

 It used to be such. 



Q. And is now, for aught yon know to the contrary ; y<* 

 been there to test it ? A. No ; not of late years. 



Q. There is a celebrated place which has been freqw 

 before the Commission the Bay of Chaleurs have 

 there ? A. I have been up there, but I never cuug 

 there. 



Q. Did you ever try there ? A. Yes; off 



Q. Perhaps you fished only in the center t 

 within the three-mile limit there !- 



Q. And therefore you did not catch any 



did you try within three miles of the shor 



,ou on.y Tied b,yon.. Ihn, 





shore? A. Yes. 



coast? A. Yes. 



