28 HISTORY AND METHODS OF THE FISHERIES. 



with 85.810 pounds of Lalibut, and stocked $4,676. The time of the trip was seventeen days, the 

 shortest ever made to the Grand Bank. 



The schooner Ossipee, Captain O'Brien, arrived at Gloucester from the Grand Bank April 6, 

 1874, with 90,628 pounds of halibut, the largest cargo of the season. Prices were low, and the 

 stock, which amounted to $2,533, was not so large as some made during the previous months. 



Schooner Gertie E. Foster, Captain Morris, which arrived from her first trip to the Grand 

 Banks on Monday, September 14, 1874, brought 40,199 pounds of halibut, and sold for 12J cents; 

 stocked $3,340.20. 



, The Cape Ann Advertiser, December 4, 1874, states that Capt. Edward Morris, who has fol- 

 lowed the Grand Bank halibut fishery in the Lizzie K. Clark and Gertie E. Foster, has stocked 

 $20,000, the largest stock but one ever made from this port. The largest was made by the Racer, 

 Capt. Walter M. Fait, who in 1866 stocked $22,000. In the three years 1873 to 1875, inclusive, 

 Captain Morris stocked $64,996.78 in the halibut fishery. 



The Forest and Stream, March 18, 1875, prints the following: 



" Schooner Edward Grover, Captain Wheeler, arrived from the Grand Banks on Wednesday 

 with 45,000 pounds halibut, having made the trip in three weeks, a remarkably short time consid- 

 ering the rough weather." 



The Forest and Stream, March 25, 1875, states as follows: 



"Schooner Chester E. Lawrence, Capt. Thomas F. Hodgdon, which arrived at Gloucester from 

 the Grand Banks on Monday, weighed off 126,506 pounds of halibut and 5,480 pounds of codfish, 

 the largest fresh fare cve'r landed up to that time at this port, and stocked $4,708.20, the fish sell- 

 ing for $6| and $3 per hundred-weight for white and gray. On both trips he has brought in 

 147,946 pounds of halibut and stocked $6,892.22." 



The record of the Centennial while under the command of Captain Murphy is a very remark- 

 able one. She sailed from Gloucester on her first trip February 15, 1876, and between that time 

 and August 28 made six voyages to the Grand Bank, bringing home about 600,000 pounds 01 

 fish, caught in from 60 to 150 fathoms of water. She then stopped halibut fishing and went with 

 a load of herring to Gottenberg, Sweden. February 25, 1877, she again started halibut fishing, 

 and between that time and October made four trips, with the average fares of 100,000 pounds. 



The Cape Ann Advertiser of March 3, 1876, thus records the largest halibut trip from 

 George's Bank : 



" Schooner Pioneer, Captain Osier, from George's on Monday, February 27, 1876, weighed off 

 65,000 pounds of halibut, stocking $2,960.12, which is the largest trip of halibut ever landed from 

 George's. On her former trip she landed 30,000 pounds, stocking $1,107, making an aggregate of 

 $4,067.12 for the two trips. These -halibut were caught on hand lines in what is known as deep- 

 water George's fishing, which is from 100 to 150 fathoms in depth, and this is the first season in 

 which this kind of fishing has been pursued with any marked success. The cook's share was $167; 

 high-line, $181. Time absent, three weeks." 



The Advertiser of April 28, 1876, says : " Schooner Epes Tarr, Eobert Grant master, left Glou- 

 cester, March 28, 1876, put into Halifax, March 31, and sailed April 1 for the Grand Banks. She 

 returned Wednesday, April 19, and landed 54,500 pounds of white halibut and 24,442 pounds gray, 

 the stock aggregating $3,161. The crew will clear $120 to a man. All her fhh were caught in 

 four days, and had it not been for the moderate wind on her homeward voyage, which occupied 

 nine days, she would have made the quickest trip on record." 



The same paper of March 28, 1876, records the following: "Week ending April 28, 1876, 



