090 COBEESPONDENCE, ETC. 



Long Harbour Beach, all the rest of the craft would be deprived of 

 the best place in the harbor to haul herrings; and such a mode of 

 fishing for herrings is most injurious to the fishery, and must in 

 time ruin the herring fishery there. The Americans, in hauling 

 their long seines, often removed the Newfoundland fishermen's nets 

 when they came in their way. I have known the Americans last 

 year to have herrings barred in for a fortnight. Barring kills a 

 great many herrings, and makes those who are barred in very poor. 

 I have seen the bottom covered with dead herring after the seine had 

 been barred for a week. The American schooners heave out their 

 ballast in the channel between Woody Island and the shore, and if 

 not prevented, will soon destroy the anchorage there. 



JOHN RUMSEY, his x mark. 



Sworn before me at St. John's, this 9th day of February, A. D. 

 1878, having first been read over and explained. 



(Signed) D. H. PROWSE, 



J. P. for Newfoundland. 



(3.) 

 Deposition of John Saunders. 



The examination of John Saunders, of Tickle Beach, Long Har- 

 bour, taken upon oath, and who saith : 



In January last there were a great number, close on 100, schooners 

 and boats fishing for herring, both American and Newfoundlanders. 

 The Americans were employing the English to haul their seines for 

 them. There were some English schooners who had seines also. One 

 Sunday, I do not know the date, John Hickey laid out a seine, and 

 was told by the English or Newfoundlanders ito take it up, as it was 

 Sunday, which he did. The Americans laid out their semes, assisted 

 by the English employed by them. The Newfoundlanders told them 

 to take them up, as it was not legal their fishing on that day, being 

 Sunday; J. McDonald took his up. Jacobs upset his net into Far- 

 rel's seine, who was employed by him. Farrel was barring for the 

 Americans, and was not allowed by Jacobs to haul his seine until 

 the hard weather came. After Jacobs had upset his seine into Far- 

 rel's he took it up to shoot again, and threatened with the revolver 

 any one who interfered. Then they told McCauley to take his up, 

 but he didn't, so the people hauled it in and tore it up. 



I don't know any man concerned in the destruction of the net that 

 I could swear to but one, John Pitman, a servant of Samuel Pardy, 

 who was at " Jack Fountain." 



There was no other reason that I know for destroying nets but for 

 fishing on Sunday, and because they would not take them up when 

 they were told. The Americans never hauled a seine before that 

 day; they always employed the English to use their seines, and 

 bought fish from the English. The only reason that the Americans 

 laid their seines out that day was because there were plenty of her- 

 rings, and no Englishman would haul them, being Sunday, excepting 

 Hickey, who had been compelled to take his seine up. 



Q. Where does Philip Farrel live? A. In Bay-de-North, and so 

 does Thomas Farrel. 



