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say, inside of two or three miles; some within one mile, and from that 

 out to eight miles. 



Q. You caught half of them within those distances from the shore T 

 A. I should say that this year we got one-half our fish inside of two or 

 three miles of the shore. 



Q. How long did it take you to catch those 120 barrels ? A. We 

 went through Causo on 10th of August, and have been fishing ever 



since. 



Q. Did you ever try fishing round Canso ? A. We tried as we went. 

 We tried off Port Hood a couple of days. At East Point we tried, and 

 went from there to North Cape and tried there, and got a few mackerel, 

 and we went from there to Escuminac and back again. 



Q. Try to remember where you caught your fish this year, and tell the 

 Commission exactly what proportion you took within three miles of the 

 shore? A. I think about one-half. 



Q. Not more than one-half ! A. I think not more than one-half. Our 

 best fishing was off Escuminac. We struck the fish when we were within 

 sight of the top of the light, eight or ten miles out. We got fifty or 

 sixty barrels off there the first week ; we caught nearly all of these out- 

 side of three miles. We worked in, and the last few days we were in the 

 bay we were inside of three miles. I think we took 30 or 40 barrels out 

 of those 50 or CO outside. 



Q. How many men composed your crew ! A. Twelve. 



Q. Was any British subject on board? A. Yes; we had one. 



Q. Did you leave him at home, or have you got him still with yon ? 

 A. We took him from home, and we have him now. 



Q. What is his name! A. Lawrence Landerkin. 



Q. Is he from Canso? A. No; he belongs to Newfoundland. 



Q. 'Where did you take him ? A. I shipped him in Portland. 



Q. Did you see other American fishing- vessels while you were there ? 

 . A. Yes ; there have been quite a number. 



Q. How many did you see there together ? A. We saw all the way 

 from three to fifty-odd sail; American vessels and several English ves- 

 sels. 



Q. And they fished like you, inside, when they could find fish, and 

 also outside ! A. They all fished together, inside and out. 



Q. And they took about the same proportion, one-half of their catches 

 inshore? A. Yes; -about the same. 



Q. Do you think you did not take three-quarters of your catch in- 

 shore? A. Not this year, or any other year. 



Q. Other years what was the proportion? A. I think we caught 

 about three quarters outside, and this year we caught fully one-half in- 

 side, or near about that I kept no particular account of them, because 

 it did not matter to me one way or the other. 



Q. Y'ou say you saw about 50 sail fishing there? A. There were 

 about 50 sail one day, and the rest of the time 3, 5, or 8, along there. 



Q. They have all taken tolerably good catches? A. No; they have 

 all done very sliinly, or the greater part of them. 



Q. Y'ou admit that you have not been very lucky ? A. We have 

 done about an average of the fleet, I should say. 



Q. And the other vessels have done about the same as you? A. 

 Some have got more and others have not got one-half or one-fourth. 

 {Some have got double what ue did. 



Q. And some, I suppose, three times what you did ? A. Some ves- 

 sels which went in early have got double what I have ; but some which 

 went in when I did have not got more than half. 



