2734 AWARD OF THE FISHERY COMMISSION. 



Q. Was not that the reason ? A. Yes. 



Q. Why did you not say so before ? A. I say I do not know the 

 reason ; there might have been other reasons. You might ask the rea- 

 son why I went home, and I would say, I suppose, it was because I 

 wanted to. 



Q. But that is your own business ? A. Yes. 



Q. Do you not know that the captain knew he could make two trips by 

 transshipping his cargo at Causo ? A. Well, under some circumstances 

 he could do so. 



Q. And he could under those circumstances ? A. Yes. 



Q. When the vessel came back in the fall with her second fare, did 

 she take the barrels.which had been lauded at Canso on board ? A. 

 Yes. 



Q. She just landed and left them there ? A. Yes ; until she returned. 



Q. I suppose that this was of considerable service to you ? A. Well, 

 I do not know of any service that it was, unless it aided the captain's 

 desire to get back to the bay. 



Q. Does this not enable you to make two or three trips when other- 

 wise you could only make one trip f A. Well, sometimes it does. 



Q. How long would it take you as an ordinary rule to run from Canso 

 to Gloucester ? A. Well, I have gone home front there and come back 

 again in eleven days. 



Q. Is that the ordinary time consumed in this passage! A. No; 

 that is about two weeks. 



Q. Are not these two weeks very important during the fishing sea- 

 son H A. Well, that all depends on circumstances. 



Q. If the circumstances are such that there is good fishing in the bay, 

 is it not important to be there as soon as possible ? A. No ; during the 

 last ten years, if I had been in the bay and got a trip of mackerel, I 

 would have taken it home. 



Q. Suppose there is good fishing in the bay, is it not very important 

 to get back there and save these two weeks ? A. No ; the wear and 

 tear caused by leaving the fish round, and the leakage, causes a large 

 percentage of them to be lost ; and thus it is a disadvantage to land 

 and leave them there. I would never consent to the lauding of a cargo 

 of mine at Causo. 



Q. Do I understand you to say that a large percentage of the pickle 

 runs off there ! A. No ; but it is bad for the fish to be left there, in 

 some cases. 



Q. Was this the case with these particular fish in that particular 

 cargo ? A. I think it was with some of them. 



Q. Will you swear that it was? A. I will not swear that no. 



Q. Why do you mention suposititious cases, unless this has really taken 

 place? What did you get for your mackerel that year! A. About 

 $6.50 for number ones, I think. 



Q. Was that the ordinary price that year ! A. Yes ; for bay mack- 

 erel. 



Q. You got the highest price that ruled for the season t A. No. 



Q. Then the fish were not injured in any way? A. I do not know 

 that they were.* 



Q. You stated that 600 barrels was not an extraordinary catch that 

 year, and that others did better ? A. Yes. 



Q. There was good fishing in the bay that season! A. Yes; espe- 

 cially around the island. 



Q. You mean inshore ? A. I mean around the island, inshore and 

 off shore. 



