2450 AWARD OF THE FISHERY COMMISSION. 



Q. What did you catch then? A. We would catch a very few cod- 

 fish, mostly hake. 



Q. Well, the hake is a rather inferior fish ? A. Yes. 



Q. Were they plenty or few ? A. They were scattering along in the 

 spring. We didn't csilculate to do a great deal anyway. 



Q. Now you have fished seven years outside for cod and nine years 

 in boats, I "suppose mostly inside? A. Yes, mostly inside. 



Q. You can therefore compare them. Now which furnished the great- 

 est number and the best fish ? A. Outside. 



Q. There is no question about it ? A. No question about that. 



Q. The hake is an inferior fish for eating. What does it furnish ? 

 A. It furnishes most oil of anything. 



Q. What is next? After a few scattered cod and hake principally, 

 what is next? A. The next is the hake in July and August to Sep- 

 tember. We catch these by night. 



Q. Night fishing. What is next? A'. Generally herring fishing iu 

 the fall. 



Q. From October to when ? A. To Christmas or New Year. 



Q. That finishes the boat fishing for the season ? A. No. Then 

 after the herring strikes iu one place, it comes in another, and we get 

 enough for bait. In winter we get small codfish. They are small, but 

 they will do for pickling. 



Q. And you set nets in the winter ? A. Yes. 



Q. You set them from the Grand Manan ? A. Yes. 



Q. Is it in the nets you catch small cod? A. No; with line. 



Q. Now, when the codfish are very abundant and better offshore, why 

 did you take them inshore with boats ? A. Because I could be home 

 every night to see my family. I had a house on the island, and I had 

 a little place. I could take care of that and be at home. I could do my 

 work and fish too. That is why I preferred boat fishing to vessel fish- 

 ing. I would not have to be gone all the time. 



Q. Now, that year, 1805, you spoke of nine seasons when you were 

 boat fishing what did you then do ? A. I moved across into Maine. 



Q. Near Eastport ? A. Yes. 



Q. What is the name of the town ? A. Trescot, Washington County. 



Q. How many years did you live at Trescot? A. I lived there from 

 1805 to the 28th of this last July. 



Q. All that time working on shore? A. Yes; I had nothing to do 

 with fishing. This year 1 started fishing again. 



Q. This vessel, the Esperauza, belongs to Kocklaud ? A. Yes. 



Q. \ou were to the gulf? A. Yes. 



Q. How many were you fitted out for ? A. I understood, when I left, 

 we fitted for 240 barrels. 



Q. How much have you got in all ? A. 110 barrels. 



Q. That is iu sea-barrels ? A. Yes. 



Q. That is a very unfavorable result ? A. Well, I should think so. I 

 am not used to mackerel-fishing. 



Q. You said the 28th July you went; did you go through Causo ! 

 A. Yes. 



Q. Do you recollect the date ? A. No. 



Q. How many days had you been out when you went through? A. 

 We were some time getting ready from the time I went aboard. We 

 were ten days, I think, going down. 



Q. You can't recollect the date of your going through? A. No. 



Q. You got in here night before last for harbor ? A. Yes. 



Q. Have you been pretty well around the gulf? A. Well, I never 



