AWARD OF THE FISHERY COMMISSION. 2779 



Mr. THOMSON. If your books were lost and your memory does not 

 serve you, how did you make up the paper ? A. From my memory. 



Q. Why did you make up the paper ? A. I made it up to be accurate, 

 and so that if I was asked questions, I might not mix up voyages. 



Mr. THOMSON. Then I understand you to state that you sat down and 

 made up that paper from your recollection f A. Yes. 



Examination resumed. 



WITNESS. The next mackerel we got was somewhere about 40 wash- 

 barrels, about twenty miles broad off St. Peter's. That was all the 

 mackerel we got to make up 65 barrels. Those were 65 sea-barrels, 

 which we carried to Cape Ann. The second year, 1837, I was in the 

 Mount Yernon, and we caught 300 barrels of mackerel. We caught 

 200 barrels broad off to an anchor within half a mile of the land ; and 

 100 barrels we caught 10, 15, or 20 miles from the land. 



Mr. TEESCOT. Where did you catch them ? A. At Margaree Island 

 or Sea Cove Island. It was on 13th October, I remember it well, and 

 we filled up. In 1838 I was master of the same Good Hope, and we got 

 270 barrels. I think, according to the best of my judgment, we got 50 

 barrels of them within three miles of the land, but I think, to the best 

 of my judgment, the rest were taken in our own waters, 5, 10, 15 or 20 

 miles from the land. In 1839 I was in the Tiger, and got 75 barrels. We 

 caught them all off shore, that is, wirhout the three-mile limit. In 1840 

 I was not in the bay; I fell from the mast-head and broke my thigh. 

 In 1841 I was in the bay twice in the Abigail. The first trip we got 

 250 barrels on Banks Bradley and Orphan. The second trip we got 75 

 barrels up at the bend of the island, making 325 barrels for the season. 

 In 1842, 1843, and 1844, I was fishing on our shores in the Hosea Blue. 

 In 1845 and 1846 I fished on our shores. In 1848 I fished on our shores 

 in the Alexander. In 1849 I was at home. In 1850 I was in the Alex- 

 ander on our shores. In 18ol I was in the bay in the Alexander, and 

 made two trips ; that was the year of the gale. On the first trip, I 

 caught, between Point Miscou and North Cape, 314 barrels. I landed 

 them at Arichat, with a member of the house named Martel, and he 

 advanced me the money to fit out the second time. The next trip I got 

 214 barrels after the gale. To the best of my judgment I got from 75 to 

 100 barrels within the limits. We got them in two or three days after 

 the gale. Some of them made out we were within the limits, so I went 

 home ; I thought it was no use to continue. Captain Derby was kind 

 of chasing us, so I went home. I had to come to Arichat and get my 

 314 barrels. In 1852 I caught 335 barrels, and I caught them from the 

 north part of Anticosti up to Seven Islands, right in the gulf, 15 or 20 miles 

 from land. We were about in the range off from the northwest part of 

 Anticosti to Seven Islands, and up the gulf. That was in the Alexander. 

 In 1853 I had the schooner Highland Lass, and got 400 barrels. I caught 

 them between Point Miscou, say 10 or 15 miles off Miscou, and up the 

 west shore, 8 or 10 miles along, at Escutninac. I caught half of them 

 to an anchor. It was the year when the vessel was new. Those are all 

 sea-barrels. The next year, 1854, I got 300 barrels. In 1855 I had 

 Christie Campbell, a new vessel. The Highland Lass was in the bay. A 

 man named Samuel Chambers was in her; I know he did not do a great 

 deal, but I don't know what he got. On the first trip I got 250 barrels 

 on Banks Bradley and Orphan ; on the second trip I caught 200 barrels 

 at Magdalen Islands. In 1856 I got 285 barrels. I caught the princi- 

 pal part of them on Fisherman's Bank, between Cape George and George- 

 town. I got about 100 barrels there at the last of the month j it wound 



