AWARD OF THE FISHERY COMMISSION. 2771 



in the Bay of St. Lawrence by fogs and mildew. They mildew iu the 

 bay in summer. 



Q. Do you swear that it is foggy in the bay in summer ! A. Yes. 



Q. When is this the case ? A. I have been there during three sum- 

 mers, and it was then foggy there for a great part of the time. 



Q. For how many days on the average would it be foggy ? A. That I 

 could not say. 



Q. How long would this be the case, taking the whole summer 

 through ? A. I would not pretend to say. 



Q. You swear that the fog does more injury to the sails in the bay 

 than the winter work on your own coast ? A. I do. 



Q. You swear that such fog does more injury to them than the rain 

 and the ice and the snow on your coast ? A. Yes. 



Q. And the freezing and thawing out of your sails ? A. Yes. 



Q. And this does them more injury than the heavy gales which we all 

 know prevail on your coast in winter? A. Bat they are not out in the 

 gales ; if they are it would be different. 



Q. I presume that they then are out? A. Occasionally they might 

 then bo caught out. 



Q. And you swear that more injury is done them by fog in the Bay of 

 St. Lawrence than is done by all these other effects ? A. This would 

 not be the case but on our New England coast, and more injury is done 

 them by fog in the bay than by use on our coast. 



Q. What is the average duration of this fog in the bay in summer ? 

 A. 1 could not tell you. 



Q. Suppose that it last for only three days during the whole season ; 

 would you then swear that this would do the sails more harm than the 

 winter fishing ? A. No. I think there is more fog than that. 



Q. You swear that there is more than that in the bay ? A. Yes ; I 

 can swear that there are more than 3 days' fog in the bay in summer. 



Q. You swear this from your own experience ? A. Yes. 



Q. How long do you swear the fog continues ? A. I would not want 

 to swear to any particular number of days. 



Q. How many days do you think that this is the case during the sea- 

 son ? A. I think I might have been for a week at a time in a fog there. 



Q. Where would you be fishing then ? A. On Bank Orphan. 



Q. Did you ever move off the Bank at all during this time ? A. We 

 jogged about there and fished on the Bank. We did not go off the Bank. 



Q. Were you fishing during the fog ? A. Yes. 



Q. Were those the seasons when you did not come near the 3-mile 

 limit? A. Yes. 



Q. If you could not see for a fog, how did you happen to know that 

 you were not three miles from the coast? A. By soundings. 



Q. Would the soundings necessarily indicate how near the coast you 

 were ! A. Yes ; most generally. 



Q. Do I understand you to say that the water off Prince Edward 

 Island shoals off exactly in the same proportion from one end of the 

 coast to the other, and that all you have to do is to throw out the lead to 

 know exactly how far from the land you are ? A. I do not know as it 

 does, but you can tell this pretty nearly. 



Q. And when you have sworn that you did not fish within three miles 

 of land, do you mean that the lead thus informed you as to the distance, 

 and that you did not judge it from what you saw? A. This was not 

 the case at that time. We were then off shore on the Banks. 



Q. You were never inshore at all ? A. Oh, yes. 



