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rels. I believe she had been to the bay five weeks, but I could not tell 

 exactly. 



Q. Where is she from? A. She belongs to Gloucester ; her captain 

 is Captain Pierce. 



Q. Any others? A. Capt. John Collins, in Helen M. Crosby, had 

 10 barrels. He had been there quite a month ; I heard six weeks. He 

 went home to Gloucester. Capt. George Bass, in the Colonel Cook, of 

 Gloucester, had about 80 barrels, and he had been in the bay eleven 

 weeks, I think they told me. 



Q. Any others? A. The Rattler, belonging to Captain Leighton, had 

 150 barrels, they told me. She had been in the bay over two and a half 

 mouths. 



Q. Have you heard of any larger catch than that of the Rattler! A. 

 The John H. Kennedy, of Portland, had 90 barrels. 



Q. Is that the largest catch you heard of ? A. No ; Captain Knowles 

 in Harvest Home had 210 barrels. That is the largest catch I know of. 

 Then there are other vessels with 12 or 15 barrels. The Serena Ann, 

 of Portland, had 15 barrels ; the Lizzie Ann, of Portland, had 14 bar- 

 rels. 



Q. I want to know whether the mackerel-fishing of vessels in the 

 Gulf of St. Lawrence has been a success or a failure this season, so far 

 as you know and from information given to you ? A. Well, so far as 

 my knowledge and information extend, it has been a failure this year 

 the last two years. 



By Mr. Davies : 



Q. What is the name of your vessel ? A. The Orinoco. 



Q. When did you come into the bay ? A. We went into the bay, I 

 believe, on the 20th or 22d August. 



Q. Was there much fishing around Magdalen Islands this year? A. 

 There has not been a great deal ; there has been some mackerel there. 



Q. Has the fishing there not been very bad ? A. Yes, very bad. 



Q. Nothing at all done there? A. I cannot say nothing at all. One 

 or two vessels, out of 100 sail, have got a small share there j the rest 

 have got nothing, you may say. 



Q At what would you put the whole fleet in the bay ? A. I could 

 not tell exactly. 



Q. Would you say 250 sail altogether? A. No; there were not that 

 many this year.' 



Q. Could you swear there were not ? A. I could not swear there 

 were not. 



Q. Had you any means of forming a correct opinion ? A. I don't 

 think there were more than 100 sail. 



Q. Would you call it 200 sail ? A. It might be 200. 



Q. You cannot swear that it is more or less ? A. I could not swear. 

 We saw lots of vessels, but I did not keep the run of them. 



Q. When you went into the bay, where did you first go? A. We 

 tried from one place to another. 



Q. Where did you go first? A. To Port Hood and Cape George. We 

 tried there close inshore, and we tried out. Inshore we did not raise 

 anything worth speaking of; we also tried off shore and got a few mack- 

 ,erel. We tried two other days, and as there did not appear to be much 

 prospect of a catch, we went from there to Point Miscou. 



Q. Did you try at Magdalen Islands ? A. Yes. 



Q. Did you get any there ? A. Yes. 



Q. How many? A. About 25 barrels. We stopped there about 

 twelve days. 



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