AWARD OF THE FISHERY COMMISSION. 2773 



Q. Did you see it in 1852 ? A. Yes ; bat I would not say for how 

 long. 



Q. Had you continuous fog for a week ? A. No ; I do not mean that 

 it lasted for a week through at a time. 



Q. You mean separate foggy days during the season made up a 

 week ! A. They made more than that. 



Q. You never saw such a thing as a week's continuous fog in the 

 bay f A. I could not swear that, but still in my miud it is very clear 

 that we had over a week's fog. 



Q. Continuously ? A. I am uot swearing positively to it. 



Q. Will you swear that yon saw anything like a week's continuous 

 fog in 1852 ! A. No. 



Q. Or in 1853? A. I should. 



Q. You that year saw a week's continuous fog ? A. I think so. 



Q. Where! A. Between Bonaventure and the island down toward 

 the Magdalen Islands between the island and the Magdalen Islands. 



Q. Out in the center of the gulff A. Yes; on Banks Orphan and 

 Bradley. 



Q. And that lasfed a week ? A. I think so. 



Q. Wb-it did you do ail that time? A. We tri^d for Drieksrel. 



Q. Could you tell where you were! A. We could tell that pretty 

 nearly. 



Q. How far were you from the Magdaleu Islands when thfe fog came 

 on ? A. I could not tell. I was then only a hand on the vessel. 



Q. Were you a sbaresman ? A. Yes. 



Q. How long is it since you left for Denmark ? A. Well, it is over 

 thirty years ago. 



Q. That would be in 1847 ; and in 1851 you went fishing in the bay ; 

 what did you do in the mean time ? A. I went to sea. 



Q. Where? A.. On foreign voyages. 



Q. I suppose that, like most emigrants, when you cuiae to America, 

 you did not come with money of your own ? A. No, I do not think 

 that I did. 



Q. Whatever money you made, you made in this country ? A. Yes. 



Q. In 1851, when you first went fishing in the gulf, you had not made 

 much money? A. No; not much, but I had a little. 



Q. Where did vou learn your trade of sailmaking ? A. In the United 

 States. 



Q. When? A. I learned it during the winter in 1849, 1850, 1851, 

 1852, and 1853. 



Q. Then you did not fish at all in winter? A. No, but I fished 

 in the spring. 



Q. In 1853, when you left fishing altogether, and went into business, 

 what capital did you bring into it? A. I had but very little. 



Q. Into what kind of business did you go? A. Sailmaking and 

 rigging. 



Q. And at this business you made your money? A. Yes. 



Q. Did I not understand you to say that you went into the fishing 

 business in 1853 F A. No. 



Q. When did yon first go into the fishing business? A. In 1864, I 

 think. 



Q. And then you put $14,000 or $15,500 of capital into the busi- 

 ness? A. Yes. 



Q. And you had made this altogether by rigging ? A. Yes ; rigging 

 and sailmaking. 



Q. How many vessels did you send into the bay in the course of time 



