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[Continued.] 



No. 32. 



MICHAEL MACAULAY, of Gloucester, Mass., fisherman and master 

 mariner, called on behalf of the Government of the United States, 

 sworn and examined. * 



\ 

 By Mr. Foster : 



Question. You are skipper of a schooner out of Gloucester ? Answer. 

 Yes. 



Q. "What is the name ? A. The Noonday. 



Q. Where were you born ? A. In Prince Edward Island. 



Q. How many years have you been fishing? A. About twelve 

 years. 



Q. The first part of the time for mackerel and at present for cod ? 

 A. Yes. 



Q. How do you happen in here ? A. I came in here with a sick man 

 from the Grand Banks. 



Q. And you have been in command of this vessel two^ears? A. 

 Yes ; about that. 



Q. Before that you were fishing as a sharesman ? A. Yes. 



Q. How many vears were you cod fishing? A. Seven years, I guess. 



Q. Where ? A. On the Grand Bank. 



Q. Now, when you began to go cod fishing to the Grand Bank, how 

 did ycu supply yourselves with bait ? A. We took it from home. We 

 used to get some on the Banks in the summer time. 



Q. What did you take with you ? A. Salt bait, pogy slivers. 



Q. Slivers are pogies and menhaden cut off the bones? A. Fish cut 

 off the bone each side. 



Q. What else ? A. We used to put that on, and what we used to pick 

 up on the Bank; small halibut and other small fish. 



Q. How long is it since you began to go to Newfoundland for bait! 

 A. Well, it is about four years since I have first been there for herring. 

 I guess we were there as soon as any of them. 



Q. When you go to Newfoundland for herring, how do you get it ? 

 A. We take it out of the seines. 



Q. How do you pay for it ? A. We pay so much. 



Q. How much, usually? A. Well, there are certain times they 

 charge pretty high. At other times they don't charge so high. We 

 paid as high as $25 this summer, and took as much as we wanted. 



Q. How many times have you been in this summer for bait? A. I 

 have been in for herring twice. 



