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thirty-days' trip to the Grand Banks, stocked $4,251, the crew shar- 

 ing 8670 each. Capt. Thurlow was very lucky that year, having 

 stocked in five trips upwards of $12,000. Owned by Dennis & Ayer. 



Schooner Aphrodite, Capt. Randall McDonald, in 1867, stocked 

 84,126.72, having been absent only twenty days. Crew shared 

 $171.51 each. Owned by Dennis & Ayer. 



Schooner William T. Merchant, Capt. Nelson McKenney, in 1868, 

 stocked $4,200 on a fare of 48,310 pounds of halibut, the trip occu- 

 pying twenty-six days. Owned by Shute & Merchant. 



Schooner C. B. Manning, Capt. Charles IT. Nute, in 1869, stocked 

 $4,033 on a fare of 40,000 pounds of halibut, and 14,000 pounds cod- 

 fish. The trip was made in four weeks, the crew sharing $161.06 

 each. Owned by Peter Sinclair. 



Schooner Elisha Crowell, Capt. Thompson, in 1870, brought in 

 CO, 2 60 pounds halibut, having been absent less than four weeks, and 

 Blocked $4,000. Crew shared $162.04 each. Owned by Walen & 

 Allen. 



Schooner Peter D. Smith, Capt. Burnham, in 1871, stocked $3,928- 

 .84 on a fare of 45,638 pounds halibut, the crew sharing $160.55 each. 

 Cook, $191.03. Time absent, five weeks. Owned by Smith & Oakes. 



Schooner Mary G. Dennis, Capt. Randall McDonald, in 1868, 

 brought in 75,395 pounds halibut, and 9,950 pounds codfish, and 

 stocked $3,604.85. Crew shared $143.85 each. Time absent, four 

 weeks. This same schooner in 1872, weighed off 105,000 pounds 

 halibut, the largest fare of fresh halibut ever landed at this port. 

 Prices ruled low at the time, and she realized but $2,000 stock. 

 Owned by Dennis & A}'er. 



The second largest fare of fresh halibut was brought in by schooner 

 Montana, Capt. Moses Welch, in 1868, who landed 95,773 pounds 

 halibut, and 2,250 pounds codfish, her stock amounting to $3,265. 

 Owned by Rowe & Jordan. 



LARGEST SALT FAKES. 



The largest fare of fletched halibut ever landed at this port was 

 that of schooner Caleb Eaton, Capt. John McQuinn, in the Greenland 

 fishery, in 1S70. She brought in 177,300 pounds of fletched halibut 

 and 183 barrels of fins, which were purchased by Dodd, Tarr & Co., 

 for nine and ten cents per pound, the fare amounting to $17,811. In 

 addition to the above were several barrels of salmon, which were sold 

 at a good price, and her entire stock amounted to about $20,000. 

 Time occupied in making the trip, about four months. The Caleb 

 Eaton is owned by Messrs. Brown & Seavj r , of Boston. 



