AWARD OF THE FISHERY COMMISSION. 2511 



Q. Did you get any large catcbes at any place that season ? A. Xo; 

 we were a long time in the bay, and we only got a few mackerel. 



Q. What do you call a large day's catch I A. 30, 40, or 50 barrels ^ 

 most always a catch of that kind will remain in my mind pretty well j 

 but I am not so likely to remember small catches. 



Q. What is the biggest catch which you ever made in a day ? A. 120 

 barrels, I think. 



Q. When was this ? A. In 1864. 



Q. Where abouts were they taken ? A. Broad off the Magdalen 

 Islands. 



Q. In 1860 you caught 220 barrels in four months ; where were they 

 taken ? A. We fished at the Magdalen Islands the most of that year. 



Q. Did you try that autumn off the Cape Breton shore ? A. We most 

 always tried there ; but I do not recollect catching any fish that year 

 off the Cape Breton shore. It was a very poor year down there. 



Q. What is the largest number of barrels you remember taking in a 

 day near Margaree Island ? A. I caught 100 barrels during one day on 

 that shore the last time I fished there. 



Q. Was this within the three-mile limit? A. I think a portion of them 

 was caught there ; during the fore part of the day we were within three 

 miles of the shore. 



Q. Of the island or mainland? A. We were within three miles of 

 Mabou ; the barrels in question were wash-barrels, not sea-barrels, and 

 100 wash-barrels would pack out about 75 sea-barrels, probably. 



Q. Is there a difference of one-quarter between wash-barrels and what 

 they pack out? A. I should judge that 100 wash-barrels would be 

 about 75 sea-barrels. 



Q. And what is the difference between sea-barrels and what they 

 pack out at home ? A. It is usually one-tenth, and sometimes a little 

 more. 



Q. In 18G1 you were in the Kit Carson, and in 4 months took 520 

 barrels ; where did you catch them ? A. We fished that year around 

 the Magdalen Islands during the whole season. 



Q. Did you fish at all that year around Prince Edward Island ? A. 

 I never fished there to get any mackerel. I have tried, but I never got 

 fish there. 



Q. Did you try there that year ? A. I might have tried some as I 

 passed along, but I never fished there much any way. 



Q. Did you fish the first year you were in the Kit Carson near Port 

 Hood, off the Cape Breton shore ? A. We fished some off that shore, 

 between Port Hood and Cape George during the last part of the season. 



Q. Where is Cape George? A. Between Port Hood and Prince Ed- 

 ward Island, about half way across. 



Q. You now mention another fishing ground ; what is it called ? A. 

 Fisherman's Bank ; it lies half way between Souris and Cape George. 



By Hon. Mr. Kellogg : ^ 



Q. Do you refer, when speaking of Mabou, to Mabou River or to Cape 

 Mabou ? A. I mean Cape Mabou, a high bluff at the entrance of Broad 

 Cove, east of Port Hood and of Mabou River. 



By Mr. Foster : 



Q. Did you fish at the mouth of Mabou River ? A. 'I never saw any 

 one fish there. 



Q. The second year you were in the Kit Carson you caught 604 barrels; 

 where were they taken ? A. All the years I was in her 1 fished invari- 



