2340 AWARD OF THE FISHERY COMMISSION. 



Q. You didn't get bait there ? A. No. 



Q. Where then did you go ? A. Up the shore. 



Q. To what place ? A. Broad Cove. 



Q. Did you get bait there ! A. No. 



Q. How long did you remain ? A. We went there in the morning 

 and were away next evening. 



Q. Where then ? A. To the northward, to Bonavista. 



Q. Did you get bait there ? A. No. 



Q. How long did you remain there ? A. Two days. 



Q. Where did you go from there ? A. To Heart's Content. 



Q. Did you get bait there ? A. No ; we staid there three days. 



Q. Where did you go then ? A. We worked back to St. John's, 

 worked on shore down along, trying different places. We tried 

 coves inside and along shore. 



Q. When did yon get back to St. John's ? A. The day of the week ? 

 I could not exactly tell you. 



Q. How long did you remain there then ? A. Two days. 



Q. Did you get fresh bait there ? A. No; we took salt bait. 



Q. What detained you that long getting salt bait ? A. Well, the 

 first evening we were in there they caught a few squid, a very few, and 

 we remained there until next morning to see whether they would catch, 

 thinking probably they might strike in and we could get some. Next 

 morning they didn't get any, so we took salt squid, and the wind was 

 kind of ahead, so we didn't go out until next day. 



Q. How long did it take you around all this coasting voyage ? A. It 

 was about three weeks from the time we left until we got back. 



Q. Can you tell me when you left the Banks ? A. No. 



Q. Now, don't you know a great number of harbors and places where 

 you could get bait between St. John's and Portugal Cove? A. There 

 have been vessels in every harbor from St. Peter's to St. John's and 

 didn't get any. 



Q. American vessels have been in every harbor from St. Peter's to 

 St. John's and haven't got any bait? A. Not any fresh bait. They 

 were looking for fresh bait. I don't know but some of them might have 

 got it. 



Q. What time during this year did those vessels go into all those 

 harbors between St. Peter's and St. John's and get no bait ? A. From 

 the middle of last month. 



Q. From the middle of September to the first of this month during 

 fifteen days ? A. Well, some there might be from the first of the month ; 

 there might be some there. 



Q. That is American vessels in all the ports between St. Peter's and 

 St. John's and got no bait ? Were you in any of those ports yourself? 

 A. No; I have been there and to the northward of St. John's, 



Q. How do you know.they were there? A. I have seen vessels go- 

 ing along there. 



Q. How many have you seen ? A. Five or six. 



Q. Can you name one ? A. There was one captain said he had been 

 up and down all along the shore, from St. Peter's up and down, and 

 didn't get any fresh bait. 



Q. Where did you fall in with him ? A. In St. John's. 



Q. Was that the first time or the last ? A. The last time. 



Q. Did he take fresh bait or salt ? A. I was not in his company all 

 the time. I could not correctly tell you whether he got salt or fresh 

 bait. 



