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Q. Yet you put your opinion against that of a man who has been on 

 the ground ? A. 1 make my estimate from vessels from Eastport which 

 I know fish there, from the English fish which comes into Eastport from 

 that way, and from conversations with fishermen in regard to the fishing^ 

 the.re. 



Q. That is all ? A. Yes. 



Q. Did you have those conversations for the express purpose of find- 

 ing out how many fish were taken along the British coast f A. No; it was 

 never mentioned. 



Q. You never had any object in finding out what the catch was ? A. 

 No ; I never inquired. 



Q. How often have you visited Grand Manan ? A. I have never been 

 at Grand Manan. 



Q. Campobello, which is quite near to Eastport: you have been there, 

 I suppose ? A. Yes. 



Q. Is there valuable fishing ground on Campobello shore? A. They 

 put up a good many smoked herring. 



Q. There is good fishing between Eastport and Campobello, within 

 three miles of Campobello shore ? A. Yes. 



Q. The fishing within three miles of Campobello shore is better than 

 the fishing on the American coast, is it not f A. The distance between 

 Eastport and Campobello is only one mile and three-quarters. 



Q. The fishing close up to the island is better than on the American 

 coast? A. It is everywhere in the bay. 



Q. Is it not better close to the shores of Campobello than close to the 

 American shores ? A. It is pretty difficult to tell where the line runs 

 there. 



Q. Is not the channel much nearer the American shore than to the 

 island of Campobello ? A. The place where they catch most of the fish 

 is between Eastport and Campobello, and is called the Ledge. I think 

 it is about half way between the two. 



Q. Is not the channel nearerer the American shore than Campo- 

 bello ? A. There is not any channel there ; it is all deep water. 



Q. When the tide is out is there not a well-known channel there close 

 to the American shore? A. No; a vessel can anchor anywhere off 

 Eastport. 



Q. Don't you know that the British line runs close to the American 

 shore ? A. No ; I don't know where the line does run, or anybody else. 



Q. And you don't know the channel close to the American shore ? 

 A. No, I don't know it ; I never heard any channel spoken of between 

 Eastport and Campobello. 



Q. Are there a large number of weirs round Campobello ! A. A good 

 many. 



Q. Are there any on the Eastport side ? A. Yes. 



Q. Many ? A. A good many. 



Q. At Eastport ? A. Yes. 



Q. Are there many between Eastport and Lubec and along the 

 shore ? A. There are weirs at Perry, Lubec, and Cutler. 



Q. Which is nearest to Eastport, Perry or Lubec ? A. Perry adjoins- 

 Eastport on the mainland. Lubec is about two miles opposite to East- 

 port by water. 



Q. Along that shore, from Eastport to Lubec, are there on the- 

 i American shore many weirs? A. I should think there were. 



Q. Do you know of your own knowledge that there are ? A. I know- 

 there is a large number. 



<l. What do they take ? A. Herring, 



