698 CORRESPONDENCE, ETC. 



Q. How far from the beach were the American seines shot? 

 A. Close to the beach ; the hauling lines were on the beach. 



The Americans remained in the bay after the occurrence for several 

 days; they were never molested or interfered with afterwards; they 

 continued to fish until they left the harbour ; they were not compelled 

 to leave the harbour, but I believe they were unsuccessful on account 

 of the bad weather and for want of frost. 



SILAS FUDGE. 



Sworn before me at St. Jacques, Fortune Bay, the 17th day of June, 

 A. D. 1878. 



(Signed) GEO. L. SULIVAN, 



Captain and Senior Officer on the Coast of Newfoundland. 



(10.) 

 Deposition of John duett. 



The examination of John Cluett, of Bellaram, Fortune Bay. taken 

 upon oath, and who saith: 



I was in Long Harbour one Sunday in January last. 



Q. Did you see anything of the quarrel between the Americans and 

 other fishermen? A. I did. 



Q. Tell me what you know of it? A. They commenced hauling 

 herrings on Sunday, about midday. The first American seine shot 

 was Captain Jacobs'. There were two more American seines shot. 

 There was an Englishman working for the Americans who had a 

 seine moored there for several days, but it was not shot or attempted 

 to be hauled on the Sunday. 



The first seine we came to was Captain McDonald's. They asked 

 him if he was going to take his seine up. He said, " If we are forced 

 to take it up we will;" and we told him if he didn't take it up we 

 would take it up for him. 



The next we came to was a man belonging to Fortune Bay, called 

 John Hickey, an Englishman, and we told him to take up the seine, 

 and he said he would take it up, and he did. The next we came to 

 Peter McCauley, and we told him the same as the others, and he 

 refused to take it up. Then we went on to Captain Jacobs, and when 

 we got to him he was in his skiff, a little off the shore. He had just 

 hauled herring and shot them into Farrel's seine, who was working 

 for him. They remonstrated about breaking the law and fishing on 

 Sunday. There was an altercation between us. He said he would 

 defend his seine if they touched it in a threatening way. I don't 

 know what he said. There was a great crowd, and he was in an 

 awful rage, and I heard that he drew a revolver, but I didn't see it. 

 He then took his seine on board. Then all the seines were taken up 

 but Farrel's and McCauley's. Farrel's seine was not touched because 

 it was not laid on that day, and they therefore let it alone, although 

 Jacobs's fish were in it; but McCauley's seine was taken up and 

 destroyed, and that is all I know. 



Q. Did the American captain remain in the harbour after? A. 

 Yes; I think about a fortnight, but perhaps more. They continued 

 to fish and haul herring on week-days but not on Sunday again. 



