



2930 AWARD OF THE FISHERY COMMISSION. 



it. A. I said Gloucester vessels. You asked me if there was not a 

 large fleet of Gloucester vessels. 



Q. I asked you as to American vessels. A. As I understood, you 

 referred to the Gloucester fleet ; if there was not a large Gloucester fleet 

 that came down. 



Q. Then I understand you now to admit that American vessels, not 

 from Gloucester, do come ? A. I said a few small vessels and boats. 



Q. What do you call a few small vessels ? Just exclude the boats 

 from your mind altogether. A. Well, perhaps there might be a dozen. 

 There might be a dozen vessels from Lubec. 



Q. At one time ? A. Yes. 



Q. Fishing ? A. Fishing off and on. Sometimes they would set nets 

 for bait and go away off. 



Q. Would they fish within three miles ? A. They would not cod-fish 

 within three miles. 



Q. That is an evasion. Who asked about cod-fishing? A. I said 

 they set their nets inshore and took bait. 



Q. Would they fish within three miles? A. No; they would only 

 set their nets for bait to catch line-fish. 



Q. That is what the Gloucester vessels did, didn't they ? A. No. I 

 never knew Gloucester vessels set nets to catch bait for themselves. 



Q. How many Gloucester vessels come down to catch bait ? A. It is 

 hard to average. Some years more and some years less. 



Q. What season is it that they come down ? A. Along early in the 

 spring they begin to come, after the frozen season is over, and aloug 

 through the winter occasionally a vessel. 



Q. How many would come down at one time? A. I may have seen 

 ten vessels lying at one time never more than that that I recollect. 



Q. Will you swear you have not seen as many as 25 or 30 ? A. I 

 would be quite safe in swearing so, I think. 



Q. Is ten the largest number you are certain of? A. Ten is the largest 

 number I think. 



Q. How long would they remain ? A. It depended upon the bait. 



Q. Did they come in and give their orders for bait ? A. They came 

 in and tried to engage a boat. 



Q. Did they tell each fisherman or a number of fishermen how many- 

 barrels they wanted ? A. Yes. 



Q. And then these fishermen tried to catch bait for them ? A. Yes. 



Q. They would come down in fleets of ten at a time ? A. I said ten 

 was as many as I had seen. 



Q. And their place would be supplied with ten more when they went 

 away ? A. Well, it might happen once in the year that there were ten. 

 I said they came down quite early in the spring. 



Q. Didn't you tell me a while ago that you never heard of the Glou- 

 cester fleet coming down there at all ! A. No ; I said not to fish. 



Q. You didn't swear to me that you never heard of the Gloucester 

 fleet coming down to Grand Mauau ? A. I said fishing. 



Q. Is there not a certain fleet that comes down there and is well 

 known to come down there ? A. 1 have known as high probably as ten. 



Q. Do they come down every year? A. They come down every 

 year. 



Q. Is that known as the Gloucester fishing-fleet among the inhabitants 

 of Grand Mauau ? A. It is known as the Gloucester fleet as far as it 

 goes. 



Q. And these vessels come in, and the skippers engage the inhabitants 

 to fish for them and supply them as fast as possible ? A. Yes. 



