38 The Frederick Gerring, Jr. 



Q. Did you keep outside the seine boat? A. Yes, we always 

 calculate to keep to the windward ; sometimes we go close enough 

 to the boat to jump in, if necessary. 



Q. Which way was the Haskins seine set from you? A. It 

 was between us and the shore. It was to the northward of where 

 we set. 



Q. You mean nearer inshore? A. Yes. 



Q. They were not directly inshore from you ? A. No. 



O. You set to the southward and eastward? A. Yes. 



Q. How much to the eastward were you, do you think, of the 

 Haskins' net ? A. I said we were to the south ; the south and east. 



Q. How much to the east of the Haskins' seine was your 

 seine? A. It was south. 



Q. But it was further east ? A. Yes. 



O. How much? A. I could not tell; I would say from 40 to 

 100 yards. 



O. You noticed the Gull Ledge at the time? A. I cannot say 

 that I paid much attention to it. 



Q. You noticed it ? A. I noticed a ledge, but I don't know the 

 name of it. I never was so close to that shore before fishing. 



Q. The Gerring's seine boat rowed off to the Haskins' seine 

 boat? A. Yes. 



Q. Then in what direction did your boat go? A. She rowed 

 to the southw-ard for a school of fish that was there. 



Q. Both seines were catching from the same school of fish? 

 A. No. 



O. Were there 2 schools of fish there? A. Yes, there were a 

 dozen of them probably. 



Q. They were close together? A. They were 100 yards to 

 a half mile from one another. 



Q. What would you call it where you see a lot of schools go- 

 ing together? A. I would say that they were "bunching up." 



O. You saw the seine put out of the boat? A, I did. 



O. How are the ends of the seine made fast; what keeps them 

 from sinking? A. We have cork buoys on them. 



Q. On each end, or straight along? 



O. The bag of the seine makes out from that further inshore ? 

 A. No. It forms a circle in the water with both ends in the boat. 



O. This was a purse seine that you were using? A. Yes. 



