AWARD OF THE FISHERY COMMISSION. 2819 



Q. That is where you fished chiefly ! A. We were round there at 

 different times, but we did not get many of our mackerel there. Some 

 vessels got mackerel there. 



Q. You got mackerel off Port Hood ? A. Yes ; a good part of them. 



Q. You do not wish the Commission to understand that the low 

 catches of vessels you have named are average catches ? A. I gave you 

 , the highest and the lowest catch. 



Q. Those are the lowest catches made iu the fleet ? A. They could 

 not well have any and have less. 



Q. You do not wish the Commission to understand that they were 

 any tli ing like the average catch ? A. I said that, so far as my knowl- 

 edge goes, they would not average over 100 barrels for the whole season. 



Q. Have you asked the captains of many vessels what their catches 

 have been ? A. Yes ; we always found that out. 



Q. What is your own catch ? A. It is about 100 barrels. 



Q. Cannot you tell me exactly? A. 1 could not tell you exactly; it 

 is allowed to be about 100 barrels. 



Q. Do you know what the catch of the Greyhound was ? She is re- 

 ported to me as having caught 230 barrels. Is that correct ? A. What 

 I heard was that she had 170. 



Q. Did you hear that from the captain himself ? A. I never spoke 

 with him. 



Q. When did you hear that ? A. Two weeks ago. 



Q. She might have caught up to that number after that ? A. No. 



Q. Did you hear it from the captain himself ? A. I did not speak 

 with the captain himself, but with the other men. 



Q. Your information, then, is third-hand ? A. I did not get it from 

 him, but I got it pretty straight. 



Q. Do you know what the Moses Adams got I A. I could not tell ex- 

 actly. The captain was on board of my vessel, but I never inquired. 



Q. He is reported to have got 270 barrels ? A. I guess you will have 

 to take a good many off that. 



Q. What did they tell you the Moses Adams had got ? A. One hun- 

 dred and seventy barrels. 



Q. When was that ? A. Just before he went home. He went home 

 two or three days after that, so I was told. I know he did not catch 

 any. I know that from a vessel which spoke with him as he was going 

 home, and he Was bearing up for the Strait of Causo. 



Q. Do you know when he got to Causo? A. I know pretty nearly. 



Q. How do you know, if you were not there ? Might he not have 

 got some at Margaree ? A. The vessel saw him going by Port Hood ; 

 that is away this side of Margaree. 



Q. Do you know what the E. H. Horton got? A. I don't know any 

 more than what I heard. 



Q. What did you hear ? A. One hundred and sixty barrels. 



Q. How was it you did not give the names of those vessels as being 

 among those in the bay ? A. I could not think of all. 



Q. Do you know how many the John Gerard, of Newburyport, 

 caught? A. I did not talk with her captain, but they said she had 150 

 barrels. The Old Chad, of Newburyport, with nineteen hands I know 

 this positively got 120 barrels. 



Q. Do you know what the J.J.Clarke got? A. I don't know ex- 

 actly. You have got all the best there; there is not a poor one among 

 them. 



Q. Do you know what the Cayenne got ? A. Is she an American 

 vessel ? 



