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over one hundred, but it was somewhere in the neighborhood of one 

 hundred. We caught fifty wash barrels off Cascumpeque. 



Q. What do you mean by " wash barrels"! A. A barrel of mackerel 

 dressed just as we catch them, four or five buckets of water being poured 

 on the fish. 



Q. Would that be equal to a barrel packed ? A. No ; it takes about 

 four wash barrels to make three packed barrels. 



Q. When did you go into the gulf in 1874 ? A. We left Gloucester 

 after the 4th of July I think about the 8th. 



Q. And where did you go after you passed through the Gut ? A. We 

 went over to Souris, where we put ashore a couple of ladies, and then 

 we worked along the island. 



Q. Did these girls belong to the island ? A. Yes ; we landed them in 

 Yankee Cove. 



Q. Did you fish at Souris ? A. No. 



Q. Why did you not try there ? A. Because the mackerel there were 

 not good for anything ; they were small and poor. 



Q. Were the boats fishing there ? A. Some were, I think. 



Q. Did you try there? A. O, yes; while the boat was ashore with 

 the girls we hauled the main boom out and threw over a little bait, but 

 the mackerel we caught were not fat enough to grease the eyebrow of 

 a mosquito. 



Q. But the boats were fishing there ? A. Yes. 



Q. And still these mackerel were not fat enough to grease the eye- 

 brow of a mosquito ? A. Yes. We afterwards went north, and we got 

 better fish there and near Miramichi. 



Q. How many mackerel did you catch at Souris ? A. About fifty or 

 sixty. 



Q. What did you do with them ? A. I do not know ; but I guess 

 that we ground them up for bait. 



Q. You would not put them in barrels at all ? A. No ; we did not 

 take any account of them at all. 



Q. Were those the kind which the boats were catching ? A. I guess 

 they were. 



Q. Are you sure of that ? A. I am not quite sure ; but I guess the 

 fish were all alike around there. 



Q. Did you look at the fish which the boats were catching 1 A. No ; 

 we did not stop there, but we saw the boats catching fish. 



Q. On that occasion you lee-bowed the boats ? A. O, no ; save our 

 boat which put the ladies ashore. 



Q. Did you not go in among the boats which were fishing off the 

 shore ? A. No ; we ran in there. 



Q. You ran in among the boats ? A. No ; but as we were going down 

 from Yankee Cove, down by East Point, we saw the boats off fishing. 



Q. Did you see what sort of fish they were catching ? A. Yes ; we 

 could see them fishing, and I judge that they were catching just the 

 same fish as we caught. 



Q. You threw bait over to catch poor fish ? A. We threw a little bait 

 over and tried the fishing. 



Q. And then you drifted oft' shore ? A. No ; as soon as the boat came 

 back we got under weigh ; we threw bait over out of curiosity to find 

 out what kind of fish they were and to see if they would bite. 



Q. And then you went on to North Cape? A. We went to the nor*- 

 ard and worked up the island ; but we did not catch any fish. 



Q. Did you try while going up? A. Yes; once in awhile we threw 

 over a little bait. 



