2580 AWARD OF THE USHERY COMMISSION. 



Q. Where did you fish then ? A. I fished that year, the first trip, on 

 Bank Orphan and Bank Bradley, and nearly the same grouud as the 

 year previous. 



Q. Except that the previous year you did not fish on Bank Orphan at 

 all ? You went straight from Causo to Magdalen Islands, and failing to 

 find anything there, went to Bank Bradley, and from there to Pigeon 

 Hill ground, and came back to Bank Bradley, and went home ? A. 

 Those Banks are so nearly connected that AVC some days hardly know 

 \vhich we are on. 



Q. Bank Orphan is a considerable distance to the north of Bank 

 JBradley? A. They are nearly connected in soundings and fishing. 



Q. Don't you know perfectly well when you are fishing on Bank Brad- 

 ley and Bank Orphan ? A. Yes, it' the weather is clear, so that we can 

 see anything. We generally go here and there on various places between 

 those Banks, wherever we think we can get fish. 



Q. You don't know whether in 1859 you fished on Bank Orphan or 

 not? A. I think we did. 



Q. In 1860 you fished on Banks Orphan and Bradley ? A. And Pigeon 

 Hill grouud. 



Q. Did you go to the Magdalen Islands? A. Not the first trip. 



Q. How many barrels did you get on the second trip ? A. That was 

 in 1860. We got 225 barrels the first trip. 



Q. What would have been a full fare? A. About 250 barrels. 



Q. And you took 240? A. Two hundred and twenty-five. 



Q. During that time you did not fish anywhere along the coast of 

 Prince Edward Island ? A. No. 

 ^ Q. Did you go into the Bav Chaleurs? A. No. 

 ^ Q. Or to Gaspe ? A. No. 



Q. You did not go within three miles of the shore anywhere ? A. 

 Not at Prince Edward Island or New Brunswick. 

 j Q. Did you at Margaree? A. I think we did. I know we did. 



Q. How long where you fishing there ? A. We stopped there coming 

 home, and fished half a day or thereabouts. 



Q. How many barrels did you get ? A. I think we got three or four 

 barrels. 



Q. Why did you not continue and till up your vessel there! A. On 

 account of scarcity of mackerel. 



Q. There you were inshore, of course ? A. Yes. 



Q. You went home, and what time did you get back to the bay ? A. 

 I cannot tell you; but probably early in September 1st September. 



Q. Where did you fish then ? A. At Magdalen Islands, most of the 

 trip. 



Q. Did yon gret your full fare there ? A. Not quite. 



Q. Where did you next go? A. After leaving Magdalen Islands! 



Q. Are you looking at any memorandum which shows you where you 

 -weut ? A. No ; only the number of barrels. 



Q. You went to Magdalen Islands and did not get a full fare ; how 

 many did you get! A. I cannot tell you; about 100 barrels, I think; 

 I am not certain. 



Q. Was it the same vessel as you were in the first season ? A. Yes. 



Q. Where did you next go? A. To Port Hood. 



Q. There you fished inshore ? A. Yes. 



Q. Did you get many there? A. A few; we fished across on Fisher- 

 man's Bank, to the westward of Port Hood, between Cape George aud 

 Georgetown. 



