AWARD OF THE FISHERY COMMISSION. 2577 



Q. At what time did you go into the bay? A. I think in July. 



Q. And came out when ? A. At the latter part of October, I think. 



Q. Immediately after you got through fishing on Bank Orphan, did 

 you go direct to the Magdalen Islands ? A. Yes. 



Q. Did you take the lish inshore or offshore there, within three miles 

 of the shore or off! A. I think both ; partly otf, more than three miles, 

 and partly inside. 



Q. Was the larger proportion taken inshore or off shore ? A. I can- 

 not answer that. 



Q. What was the farthest distance from the Magdalen Islands you 

 fished ? A. Perhaps twelve or fourteen miles some of the time. 



Q. How far off was the neatest f A. We may have fished some within 

 half a mile, perhaps; I cannot recollect exactly. 



Q. Cannot you recollect that, when you can recollect the number of 

 barrels you had? A. No. 



< v >. Well, then, you got your full fare without having any occasion to 

 try the inside waters at Prince Edward Island or the coast of Gaspe 

 or in Bay Chaleurs? A. We fished our full fare at the Magdalen 

 Islands. 



Q. You did not try within three miles along Prince Edsvard Island at 

 all T A. I think not. 



Q. Neither did you try within three miles of the New Brunswick shore 

 or along the Canada shore off Gaspe ? A. No. 



Q. Did you try within three miles of Cape Breton shore? A. Per- 

 haps we did ; I think we did. 



Q. Surely you can recollect ? A. It is some time ago, and it is diffi- 

 cult for me to remember every place at which we might have hove to 

 twenty years ago. 



Q. Will you say you did or did not fish on the shore of Cape Breton ? 

 A. We caught but very few mackerel anywhere within three miles. 



Q. Did vou fish within three miles of the shore at Cape Breton ? A. 

 Bo. 



Q. Did you fish anywhere within three miles of the shore, except at 

 the Magdalen Islands ? A. No. 



Q. Why did you say you might have caught a very few inshore. I 

 am speaking of 1858 altogether. What did you mean by saying you 

 caught a small quantity inshore? A. I said we might have caught a 

 very few. 



,Q. How is that possible if you did not fish within three miles? A. I 

 still say we caught nearly or quite all of our mackerel on Orphan Bank 

 aud at Magdalen Islands. 



Q. You say you might have caught a small quantity inshore? A. I 

 said we might have caught a few near. the shore of Cape Breton. 



Q. Within three miles '? A. We might have caught a few within 

 three miles of the shore of Cape Breton. 



<,. Did you fish within three miles of the shore at Cape Breton, wheth- 

 fi you caught any or not? A. I am not able to say but what I caught 

 one or two mackerel within three miles of Cape Breton shore. 



Q. I ask you, did you in fact fish within three miles of Cape Breton 

 .shore ? A*. I say we might have hove to near Cape Breton Island and 

 caught a very few mackerel. 



Q. Are you in doubt in your mind as to whether you fished Within three 

 miles of Cape Breton shore ? A. It is not possible for a man to recol- 

 lect twenty years ago, whether he might have caught a very few mackerel 



or whether he did not catch any 



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