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fishing in the Bay I left off going in fishing vessels in 1872 the Amer- 

 ican fishermen don't dry their nets nor cure their fish on our coasts as 

 far as I know during the last 8 or 10 years mackerel fishing has much 

 fallen off and during the last two years as far as I can hear mackerel 

 fishing has almost been a failure Porgies and clams as far as I know 

 tis universally used in the Bay as bait although a few Provincial vessels 

 may occasionally use herring Porgies & clams get all from the States 

 as far as I am aware I should think that about one half of all the mack- 

 erel caught by vessels is caught outside a line 3 miles from shore and 

 inside that line I should say that of late years about one third of the 

 crew of American fishing vessels was composed of men having their 

 homes in the British Provinces I should say the cost of outfitting an 

 American fishing vessel is about greater than that of a Provincial 

 vessel of the same size And I do solemnly declare that I conscien- 

 tiously believe the foregoing declaration to be true and make this state- 

 ment by virtue of an Act passed during the 37th year of her Majesty's 

 reign entituled An Act for the suppression of voluntary & extra judicial 

 oaths. 



Dated Middle Milford August 7th 1877. 



PHILIP EYAN 



In presence of: 



OSCAR MALMEOS 



U. 8. Consul 



PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA 



COUNTY OF GUYSBOROUGH 



I hereby Certify that the afore named Phillip Eyan voluntarily de- 

 clared to and Subscribed before me the foregoing Solemn declaration 



Given under my hand and Notarial Seal at Middle Milford in the 

 County of Guysborough Province of Nova Scotia this 7th day of August 

 1877 



(Seal.) JAMES G McKEEN 



Notary Public 

 No. 193. 



I Andrew Lourie do solemnly declare that I am living at Lower Mil- 

 ford Guysboro County, Nova Scotia I am a fisherman by occupation I 

 have been fishing in the Gulf of St Lawrence about thirty years up to 



5 years ago I am 56 years of age the American fishing fleet fishing for 

 mackerel begin to arrive in the North Bay about the middle of June 

 but the greater number of mackerel vessels don't leave the States until 

 after the 4th of July Pogies and clams are the bait used for mackerel 

 fishing, herring is only used as bait when the vessels are out of Pogies 



6 clams herring is not as good a bait as pogies and clams I have 

 never seen American fishermen dry their nets or cure fish on the shores 

 of British Provinces the fishing alongside of American mackerel ves- 

 sels don't lessen in my opinion the catch of mackerel by Provincial ves- 

 selsl think they catch quite as many when fishingsideby side of American 

 vessels of late years I have heard thatmore mackerel are caught iu-shore 

 but when I went fishing the heft of mackerel that were caught were caught 

 outside a line three (3) miles from shore I have also often been codfish- 

 ing in the Bay the codfish is all caught outside a line three miles from, 

 shore the bait used for codfishing is herring mackerel, squid and clams 

 in the spring the American Codfishers in the Bay procure their bait 

 in the spring at the Magdalen Islands from the shore fishermen and in 

 summer they catch their own bait wherever they may happen to be fish- 



