AWARD OF THE FISHERY COMMISSION. 2877 



Q. You say yon only tried when you were driven inT A. I say when 

 we came out of the harbor. 



Q. This was the common practice, whether you had the right or not? 

 A. Yes ; that is our practice on our own coast. 



Q. Didn't you ever go in and try what the inshore fisheries were like 

 when you had the privilege; there was no cutter then? A. All my 

 first two years there was. 



Q. I arn speaking now of 1854. You said you did not go in there, 

 and I want to know why ? A. Wherever we could find them most we 

 tried. 



Q. Did you or did you not fish inshore ? A. Yes. 



Q. Along the whole coast of Prince Edward Island ? A. Wherever 

 we could find fish, the same as off East Point, off Malpeque, and such 

 like as that. 



Q. Did you fish within three miles ? A. You can get a few. 



Q. Why did you tell me that at the time you were in the gulf you 

 never fished within the limits except at Cheticamp andMargaree, when 

 it now turns out A. I mean that time I was there in those sea- 

 sons. 



Q. What seasons ? A. 1851 to 1853. 



Q. I did not ask you that. I asked you generally. You told me you 

 never fished inside except at Margaree and Cheticamp. There is no 

 mistake about that? A. That is all correct, but I didn't intend any- 

 thing more than that year. 



Q. Very well, then, I will take 1855. Did you get a full cargo in 

 1854? A. No. 



Q. What was the vessel's size ? A. The same size 90 tons. 



Q. How many did you get that year ? A. 275. 



Q. Was that a full cargo ? A. She would probably carry 350 barrels, 

 small packages and all. 



Q. Then you hadn't a full cargo ? A. No ; no year I was there. 



Q. Didn't you fish along off Cascumpec at all? A. No; we never 

 found any. 



Q. Didn't you fish at the Magdalen Islands at all ? A. We were 

 across there. 



Q. Did you catch many there ? A. Some. 



Q. Now, take 1855; where did you fish then? A. On the same 

 grounds. 



Q. What do you call the same grounds ? Do you mean that you 

 fished along inshore that year? A. It was inshore at Magaree and 

 Cheticamp. 



Q. Anywhere else inshore? A. No. 



Q. Did you get a full cargo ? A. No. 



Q. Then, although you did not get a full cargo, you never tried the 

 fishing inshore ? A. No. 



Q. Why did you keep away ? A. Wherever we found most fish we 

 resorted. 



Q. Now, didn't you get your full cargo? A. No. 



Q. Then why didn't you try inshore ? A. We tried inshore when we 

 were winding up in the fall. 



Q. Where? A. We tried inshore at Margaree and Cheticamp. 



Q. Why didn't you try inshore at the island ? A. Because nobody 

 else caught any. 



Q. You discovered that others had tried and failed ? A. Yes. 



Q. Who did you inquire of? A. We came with the fleet. 



Q. Did you inquire of the vessels that did fish in there, and find 



