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We then run off usually from 1 mile to 1J miles, and perhaps 2 miles 

 before we try. 



Q. What is the nearest point to the land at which you have known 

 fishing to be done off Prince Edward Island ? A. From 3 to 5 and 

 probably from 5 to 15 miles off. 



Q. Why is it that a vessel, in order to fish advantageously, must raise 

 a considerable school of mackerel ? A. You have to have a considera- 

 ble body of fish alongside to make it profitable to heave bait over ; bait 

 costs considerable. 



Q. How much bait would you throw over usually during a day's fish- 

 ing ? A. From 2 to 2 barrels. 



Qj. What does it cost per barrel ? A. It varies in price at different 

 seasons; sometimes the price is as high as $8, and sometimes as low 

 as 86. 



Q. Can you fish even at the distance from the land you have men- 

 tioned off the north coast of Prince Edward Island and the bend of the 

 island when the wind is on shore f A. No. 



Q. Why not ? A. Because the water is shoal, and the sea raises 

 there very quickly and becomes rough, and of course as the wind in- 

 , creases the sea will naturally increase, and we have then to get out of 

 there and go somewhere else. 



Q. Is it a safe place to be in ? A. No, not when the wind is on shore. 



Q. Is there any particular point from which the wind there chiefly 

 blows ? A. Not that I know of; the wind varies there about the same 

 as at any other part of the coast. 



Q. flow long does it ordinarily take to run the whole length of the 

 island ? A. 11 hours, with a good breeze. 



Q. Were you fishing up in these waters at any time when the cutters 

 were here ? A. Yes, one year. 



Q. That was the year you did not fix, and your third one, I suppose ? 

 A. No, it was since then. 



Q. Do you remember either during your first or third year's fishing 

 here, going into Malpeqne Habor and getting aground ? A. Yes. 



Q. When was that f A. The year I was in the Aphrodite. We went 

 ashore going into Malpeque Harbor in the night. 



Q. How did it happen ? A. The night was dark and stormy. 



Q. What did you get ashore on ? A. On the bar while going in. 



Q. Have you been in any of the other harbors ip. the bend of the 

 island ? A. I was in Cascumpeque once. 



Q. Were you in any others ? A. No ; not on that side of the island. 



Q. Is it easy to enter either Cascumpeque or Malpeque Harbors with 

 a light wind ? A. No. 



Q. Can fishing-vessels depend on getting into them and out of the 

 way from the storm ! A. No. 



Q. What, then, is the way of escape from a storm for fishing-vessels 

 off the bend of the island ? A. When yon see a storm commence, you 

 must either go one way or the other to get out of the bend of the 

 island either around North Cape or down around East Point. The 

 wind is generally so that you can fetch one way or the other. 



Q. How quickly does a high wind get up there ! A. It varies con- 

 siderably ; sometimes a squall rises, and it blows very heavily in a very 

 short time in a few minutes, in fact; and sometimes the wind rises 

 gradually. 



Q. What do you say about the Magdalen Islands as a place for safe 

 fishing? A. This is a very good place for fishiug, because we can 

 make a lee with any wind. 



