2144 AWARD OF THE FISHERY COMMISSION. 



Q. Were you in 1873 in the bay again ? A. Ye. 



Q. In what vessel were you in 1808 ? A. The Esperanza. 



Q. Were you in the same vessel in 1869 ? A. Yes. 



Q. Have you been in her ever since! A. No. 



Q. In 18G9 you were in her ? A. Yes. 



Q. In 1870 ?' A. Yes. 



Q. In 1871 ? A. Yes. 



Q. In 1872 ? A. I was in her. 



Q. In 1873 you were in the bay again ? A. Yes. 



Q. How many trips ? A. I made one in the vessel myself and came 

 down, and the second trip I stopped ashore. 



Q. Was that the Esperanza ? A. No, it was the Ernest F. Norwood. 



Q How many did you catch ? A. 230. I am pretty positive it was 

 that, 



Q. Did you hear anything about the second trip ? A. I heard it was 

 260. 



Q. You learned that from whom! A. From the master, Captain 

 Adams. 



Q. Is it true that the vessel got 400 barrels the second trip ? A. No, 

 I do not think it is. 



Q. Why not ? A. In the first place, I do not think the master would 

 lie about it, and in the second place the vessel could not carry them. 



Q. That was in 1873, you are sure ? A. Yes. 



Q. Those 230 caught when you were on board her, where were they 

 taken ? A. They were principally taken from Bank Orphan to East 

 Port. 



Q. Offshore? A. Well, I should say so. I mean the principal part 

 of them was taken oft' shore. 



Q. How many of the 230 do you think were taken near inshore f A. 

 Well, it is a pretty hard matter for a man to stand on deck and tell 

 whether it is within three or six miles, but a man's judgment would lead 

 him. I should say that perhaps one-third of the whole trip was taken 

 within between three and five miles. 



Q. Do you think you took any within less ? A. Yes, there might be 

 some. 



Q. What proportion of the whole was taken within less than three 

 miles? A. There might be 30 or 40. 



Q. You tried inside and outside? A. Yes, we always did that. 



Q. And you found a small catch inside, while they were largest and 

 most numerous outside ? A. Yes. 



Q. In 1874, you were ashore ? A. Yes. 



Q. In 1875, you were at home. In 1876 where were you? A. I was 

 fishing. 



Q. Where? A. In the bay. 



Q. Were you cod-fishing early in the spring? A. Yes. 



Q. How many months did you fish for cod? A. We generally calcu- 

 lated to get ready about the 20th of March and return somewhere about 

 June. 



Q. Then you would go off in Julf to the bay for mackerel ? A. Yes. 

 I believe I went through Canseau last year, the 26th day of July. I am 

 pretty positive it was the 26th. 



Q. When did you return? A. I came out of the bay somewhere be- 

 tween the 2d and oth of September j at any rate, I was home the day 

 of our State election. 



Q. What day is the State election ? A. It is, I think, the second Mon- 

 day in September. 



