AWARD OF THE FISHERY COMMISSION. 2267 



Q. Have you ever heard it spoken of as a resort for fishermen ? A. 

 Yes. 



Q. Generally among the fleet! A. No, by very few. 



Q. Your opinion is that very few of the Gloucester men ever went 

 there at all ? A. Yes. 



Q. J suppose there might be two or three ? A. Yes. 



Q. Those places down about the Cape Breton shore what have you 

 ever heard about them ? Are they more frequented than Prince Edward 

 Island ! A. Well, about the same. 



Q. Two or three vessels ? A. There might be more than that. I 

 never fished there much myself. 



Q. But speaking of what you have heard ? A. I don't think it is a 

 favorite ground. 



Q. Cape Breton is not a favorite ground ? A. No, 1 don't think ; I 

 should not go there myself. 



Q. I ask you whether you have heard any of the mackerel fleet speak 

 of having gone ? A. O, yes. 



Q. What numbers? A. Fifteen or twenty sail. 



Q. That would be about what you would think? A. Yes. 



Q. You say you were generally fishing with the Gloucester fleet! 

 A. Yes, sir. 



Q. Do you mean that to refer to all the times you were in the bay 

 different years ? A. Most all the times. 



Q. How many were there in this fleet ? A. Sometimes there would 

 be 20 sail, and sometimes, perhaps, 130. 



Q. Not more ? A. No. 



Q. How many were there in 1876? You were not there in 187G? 

 A. No. 



Q. Now, in the fall of the year, have you ever been in Port Hood ! 

 A. Yes. 

 Q. What' were you doing in there! A. I was there for a harbor. 



Q. For the night ? A. Yes. 



Q. Why would you go all the way down from Bradley Bank or Mag- 

 dalen Islands for a harbor ? A. It was near the time we were going 

 home, on the way home. We fished oft' East Point and Port Hood. 



Q. You never mentioned that, did you ? A. There are plenty of 

 grounds I haven't mentioned that I fished on in the bay. 



Q. Then you used to fish down between East Point and Port Hood ? 

 A. Yes. 



Q. Didn't you chiefly fish there in the fall ? A. No ; I staid at the 

 Magdalens until it got pretty late. 



Q. It was a mere accident that you went there, or did you go inten- 

 tionally, knowing it was a good fishing-ground * A. We went there for 

 the last catch. We would try along there before we went home. 



Q. What induced you to take a license if you never fished within three 

 miles? A. To be on the safe side. 



Q. But if you never went in within three miles there was no unsafe 

 side? A. I dare not fish within seven miles for fear of a cutter coming 

 and taking me. 



Q. Did 3*ou ever see a cutter take a vessel seven miles otY '. A. No ; 

 I have heard of it. I have been driven out of Bay Chaleur, and told 

 that if I was caught in there again I would be taken. 



Q. Can you give me the name of the vessel you heard of that waa 

 taken within seven miles? A. No; but a ifumber of vessels I have heard 

 of. 



