2712 AWARD OP THE FISHERY COMMISSION. 



Q. You say that in the autumn you usually went to the Cape Breton 

 shore! A. Yes. 



Q. What was your harbor there ? A. Port Hood. 



Q. When you made Port Hood your harbor, how long did you fish in 

 the vicinity ? A. Sometimes a fortnight and sometimes three weeks. 



Q. When did you usually leave the Magdalen Islands to go over in 

 the vicinity of Port Hood ? A. We usually left there about the 1st or 

 the middle of October. 



Q. How near the main-laud and how near Margaree Island were you 

 in the habit of fishing when you were in the vicinity of Port Hood ! 

 A. I think that sometimes we fished near Margaree Island, but when 

 the cutters used to be there we used to fish broad off. 



Q. What is the greatest number of mackerel that you ever caught 

 within 3 miles of the shore, either of the island or main-land, at Mar- 

 garee ? A. As near as I can recollect, this was in 1856, when we caught 

 15 wash barrels about half-way between Mabou and Margaree Islands. 



Q. Were you in the gulf when the cutters were there ? A. Yes. 



Q. Do you remember any conversation taking place with the cap- 

 tain of a cutter as to where you might fish ? A. He told us that we could 

 fish three miles from the land. 



Q. In what depth of water? A. Twelve fathoms. 



Q. What did he tell you about fishing in 12 fathoms of water ? A. He 

 told us to stand off in 12 fathoms of water, and that we would then be 

 clear of the land. 



Q. Where was this ? A. Off Xew London Head. 



Q. What was the name of this captain? A. I do not remember. 



Q. Bo you remember the year when this took place ? A. It was either 

 in 1851 or 1852 I forget which. 



By Mr. Davies : 



Q. I suppose that when you would be in 12 fathoms of water off there, 

 you would be about three miles from land ? A. I could not tell you that. 

 I thought by the looks of it, this was pretty near in. 



Q. And he told you to go off in 12 fathoms of water. I understood 

 you to say that at Cape Breton you used to make Port Hood your har- 

 bor ? A. Yes. 



Q. Did you stay there every night ? A. Xo. 



Q. How often did you go in there? A. When it was stormy we some- 

 times went in there, and sometimes we anchored off Margaree Island. 



Q. In the month of October, you did not fish near the Magdalen Isl- 

 ands at all ? A. O, I have been there late in October. 



Q. Was this the case as a rule ? A. I do not know about a rule, but I 

 have fished there in October. 



Q. You stated in answer to Mr. Foster that when October came you 

 cruised around the Cape Breton shore ? A. Well, that was during part of 

 October not the 1st of October. During part of the month we did so. 



Q. When, as a rule, did you leave the Magdalen Islands to go to the 

 Cape Breton shore ? A. I have staid around there until the 10th and 

 the 15th of October. 



Q. That was the extreme limit of your stay there ? A. I could not 

 say for certain, but that is the case as near as I can remember. 



Q. WTien did you generally leave the Magdalen Islands and go towards 

 the Cape Breton shore ? A. I think about the 10th or the 15th of Oc- 

 tober. 



Q. Do you state this to be the general time when you left there? A. 

 Yes; we always were around there about the 10th, and sometimes the 

 5th and the 15th or the 20th of October. 



