92 The Frederick Gerring, Jr. 



Q. With the sheets off, the sails would have very little more 

 effect than if they were not up at all? A. They would have more 

 effect than that. 



Q. I said very little more effect? A. They would have some 

 effect ; they would have the effect of making the vessel move ahead 

 a little. 



EDWARD MORRIS, called and sworn. 



Examined by Mr. MacCoy: 



Q. You are the owner of the schooner Frederick Gerring Jr.? 

 A. Yes. 



Q. You are a native of Guysboro' County in this province? 

 A. Yes. 



Q. You are now living in the United States? A. Yes. 



Q. How many years have you been going to sea? A. I have 

 been going almost ever since I could lift an oar. 



Q. In what capacity ? A. I have been going in fishing vessels. 



Q. Do you know the place spoken of as Gull Ledge? A. Yes. 



Q. How long have you known it ? A. When I was a boy my 

 father used to fish out of Liscombe, and I have fished with him. I 

 have also fished there in vessels. 



Q. For how many years? A. For many years. 



Q. What do you know about the current? A. The current 

 sets along the coast about W. S. W. 



Q. Have you had experience in pursing seines? A. Yes, for 

 7 or 8 years. 



Q. Describe how it is done? A. You take the seine and set 

 it out of the boat, and when you get a school of fish you go along- 

 side the seine with the vessel, and make it fast to the vessel for- 

 ward and aft. You make the jibs fast and guy out the booms 

 and bail out the fish with a long handled dip-net right on the deck 

 of the vessel. 



Q. Have you had experience when a seine is in the water in 

 regard to the direction the vessel will go in? A. When you get 

 alongside the seine, and are dipping out the fish the vessel must sag 

 ahead a little or the seine will sag around the bow. 



Q. In sagging ahead a little with a westwardly current, a 

 light breeze from the east, and a heavy swell towards the shore in 

 which direction will the vessel go according to your judgment? A. 

 If the vessel heads the swell, it does not make as much impression 

 as if she is lying sideways. 



