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within the neighborhood of Cape Sable? A. None at all. No one 

 practiced that business since I It-it it. 



Q. "Are the vessels cod-fishers at other times of the year ? A. I 

 think thej T are. During the latter part of May and June they fish for 

 halibut ; then they fish for cod until October, and then for halibut." 

 What do you pay to that! Do you know of any of the American fleet 

 fishing for halibut in May and June ? A. No. 



Q. And then for cod until October, and then for halibut ? A. No. 



Q. Now you can answer the question whether a man can see a fleet 

 catching them from his door. A. That man never saw them. 



Q. I notice, in another portion of this same gentleman's testimony, he 

 was asked this question: "You used to catch halibut in weirs? "and 

 answered, " Yes, in our traps." You don't know of halibut being caught 

 in weirs as a practice? A. Well, he might be just as likely; just as a 

 whale would go into a harbor, or a black fish, once in a hundred years. 

 By Mr. Thomson : 



Q. Did you go into the Bay St. Lawrence when you went aboard your- 

 self? A. When I was master ? No. 



Q. You never were there at all ? A. I was there as a hand. 



Q. What years? A. 1851, 1853, 1854, and 1855. 



Q. In 1851, where did you fish? A. We went up to the northward, 

 on to the Banks, and across to the Magdaleus. 



Q. You never fished within three miles? A. We didn't practice that, 

 because the cutters were around. 



Q. Was that the reason you d dn't fish within? A. And also, our 

 master that I was with, it was the first he was there, and he was more 

 cautious probably. 



Q. Was that the reason you did not fish inshore ? A. Yes. 



Q. What was your catch ? A. We brought home 240 barrels. 



Q. What was your tonnage? A. Fifty-five tons; it was what they 

 call a pinkey. 



Q. What was her full cargo f A. That waa all she brought. 



Q. What time did you go into the gulf? A. The latter end of July. 



Q. And what time did you come out f A. We came out somewhere 

 along the last of October. 



Q. During all that time you never fished.within three miles? A. We 

 fished when we came down from the northward, after the big gale. We 

 went across to Margaree, and fished to make up somewhere about 20 

 barrels. 



Q. What time did you go to Margaree? A. After the big gale, ten 

 days. 



Q. What time was the gale? A. In October. 



Q. You were ten days in at Margaree? A. I say we were at Souris 

 a week, and then came across between the island and what we call 

 Margaree, fishing across that way. 



Q. Where were you during the big gale ? A. Up to the island. 



Q. What part of the island ? A. We came out of Gaspe* that morn- 

 ing the gale come on. 



Q. It was a northeast gale ? A. Yes. 



Q. You were north of the island, on that coast, when you came down 

 from Gaspe ? A. I say we came out of Malpeque. 



Q. You said Gaspe" ? A. I did not mean Gaspe" ; I mean Malpeqne. 

 We came out of that on a Friday morning, and Friday night the gale 

 came on. It was moderate, and the wind hauled to the eastward, so we 

 concluded we would go back, but it shut down so thick that we had to 

 haul off. 



