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day, 21st: Came to Jamespoit. Monday, 23d: Started very early in the morning, intending to go into Gardiner's Bay, 

 but it was calm; so \vo caught 11,000 fish in Peconic Hay ; sent them to J. Applie's factory; pleasant day. Tuesday, 

 24th: An east storm; we made a harbor in Kirkle Harbor. Wednesday, 25th: Went out in Gardiner's Bay ; cau<*ht 

 31, 750 fish; sent them to J. Applio's factory; pleasant day. Thursday, 26th : Caught in Gardiner's Bay 22,1)00 fish; 

 sent them to J. Applie.'s factory; pleasant day. Friday, 27th : Went fishing in Gardiner's Bay ; canght none. Satur- 

 day, 28th: Went out in Gardiner's Bay ; caught 44,000 fish ; sent them to J. Applie's factory ; pleasant weather. Mon- 

 day, 30th : Went out in Peconic Bay ; caught 2(1,500 fish ; sent them to J. Applie's factory ; pleasant day. 



July 1st, Tuesday: Went in Peconic Bay ; caught 13,500 fish ; sent them to Applie's. Wednesday, 2d: Went out in 

 Peconic Bay; caught 21,700 fish; landed them at, Jarnesport ; pleasant day. Thursday, 3d: Wind east and stormy ; 

 did not fi<h. Monday, 7th : Went out in Peconic Bay ; caught 39,000 fish ; sent them to J. Applie's factory ; pleasant. 

 Tuexday, Htlt : Went out in Peconic Bay ; caught 35,000 fish ; sent them to Jamesport in the Accordeon ; caught 23,000 

 more and carried them to tbe factory in the William HafficTfl ; pleasant day. Wednesday, 9tt: We caught 12,000 fish 

 and brought them to Jamesport in the William Hatfield ; the wind l>le\v quite hard. Thursday, \0th : Went in Peconic 

 B:iy; caught 22,000 fish; brought them to Jamesport ; pleasant weather. Friday, llth: Caught in Peconic Bay 32,000 

 fish ; sent them to J. Applie's factory ; pleasant day. Saturday, 12th : Canght in Peconic Bay 10,000 fish ; landed them 

 at Jamesport; pleasant. Monday, I4lh : Caught ia Peconic Bay 20,000 fish ; landed at Jamesport ; pleasant. Tuesday, 

 15*/: Went down in Little Pecouic Bay; caught 40,000 fish; landed them at Clark's factory (small works in Noyack 

 Bay); J. Applie could not take them; pleasant weather. Wednesday, Wth: We made one set in Noyack Bay and 

 tried to sell thorn to the factories, bnt could not; so sent the Accordeon to Sag Harbor and sold them to the farmers; 

 at night we went to Greenport. Thursday, 17th: Went down in Gardiner's Bay; caught 18,000 fish; landed them at 

 J. Applie's factory ; pleasant. Friday, 18th: Wind blew hard from the east, so we came to Jamesport. Monday, 21st : 

 The wind east ; so we did not fish ; I took a horse and went down to the Soutbold factory to see Mr. Brundred, and 

 lie engaged to take our fish, for we do not like to catch fish without knowing where we can dispose of them ; just at 

 night we started down bay ; loft the Accordeon at Jamesport ; we sailed all night, and in the morning anchored in 

 Orient Harbor. Tuesday, 22d : The wind continues to blow from the east; we got under way and beat down under 

 lee of Gardiner's Island ; caught 38,000 fish ; went to Brnndred's factory at Sonthold with them. Wednesday, 23d : Went 

 out in Gardiner's Bay ; caught 22,000 fish ; landed them at factory ; pleasant day. Thursday, 24th : Caught in Gardi- 

 ner's Bay 8,000 fish ; factory; pleasant. Friday, 25th : Caught in Gardiner's Bay 26,500 fish ; factory; pleasant. Satur- 

 day, 26th : Came to Jamesport. Monday, 28th : Went down in Gardiner's Bay ; caught a large haul, and while clear- 

 ing up the seine drifted so near Crow Island Shoal that the seine canght on the rocks ; we saved only 21,000 fish ; tore 

 the seine bad ; pleasant. Tuesday, 29th : Came to Jamesport with the seine and carted it up in the lot. Wednesday, 

 30th : Worked on the seine. Thursday, 3lst : Worked on the sloops and seine. 



August 1st, Friday : Worked on the seine. We did not start out until Monday, 4th : We carted the seine down to 

 the boats, and started down bay ; pleasant. Tuesday, Mh : Went out in Gardiner's Bay ; caught 7,000 fish ; sent them to 

 factory at Sonthold ; pleasant. Wc/lncxflay, 6th : Canght in Gardiner's Bay 24,000 fish ; sent them to Sout hold ; pleas- 

 ant day. Thursday, 7th : Went below Gardiner's Island ; caught no fish ; at night came up to Greenport ; pleasant. 

 /'riday, 8tli : We hauled the William Hatfield out on the ways and cleaned her bottom, corked, &c. Saturday, 9th : Had 

 t be William Hatfield painted. Monday, llth : Went down in Gardiner's Bay, canght about 2,000 fish, and anchored at 

 night just east of Fire Place Point ; pleasant. Tuesday, 12th : Wo went below Gardiner's Island and into Fort Pond 

 Hay ; caught none ; wind blew quite hard from the southwest ; went into Napeagne Harbor and threw the 2,000 fish 

 that we caught on Monday overboard, after which we went on shore and walked over to the surf. Wednesday, 13th : 

 \\V went out of Napteagne and went west of Gardiner's Island, in Gardiner's Bay ; caught 88,000 fish ; put them in 

 both sloops and took them to the factory at Sonthold ; pleasant day. Thursday, 14th : Went out in Gardiner's Bay, 

 caught 18,000 fish and f 6 worth of bl uefish ; wind blew quite hard. Friday, 15M : It rained in the morning; we went 

 to Jamesport and carted the seine in the lot. Saturday, 16th : Wo worked on the seine, mending holes; the bluefish 

 bit off a great many single bars, and it makes a great deal of mending. Monday, 18th : Started down bay early in the 

 morning, bnt did not get into Gardiner's Bay until most night. Anchored in Orient Harbor ; pleasant day. Tuesday, 

 19/ft : Went out in Gardiner's Bay ; caught 29,200 fish ; sent them to the Southold factory ; pleasant day. Wednesday, 

 20th : Went below Gardiner's Island ; caught 20,500 fish ; sent them to the factory at Southold ; pleasant. Thursday, 

 2.1st: Went out in Gardiner's Bay; caught 44,000 fish; factory; pleasant. Friday, 22d : Caught in Gardiner's Bay 

 30,000 fish ; wind blew very hard. Went to Jamesport with the fish. Saturday, 23d : Attended to the nsb ; laid the 

 William Hatfield on the shore to clean her bottom, and carted the seine out in the lot and mended it. Monday, 25tA : 

 We went down bay ; went around a shoal offish off Three-Mile Harbor, which is on the south side of Gardiner's Bay, 

 and caught the seine on the rocks, lost the fish, and tore the seine ; came to anchor, mended the holes, and lay there 

 through the night; pleasant day; light wind southwest. Tuesday, 26lh : Caught in Gardiner's Bay 17,000 fish; sent 

 them to the Southold factory; pleasant day. Wednesday, 27th: Went below Gardiner's Island, then came up in Gar- 

 diner's Bay and caught 20,000 fish off Three-Mile Harbor; pleasant day. Thursday, 28th : A. M. it rained; p. m. we 

 went out- in Gardiner's Bay ; caught a good haul of fish, but the sharks made holes in the seine and let them all out 

 except 0,000. Friday, 29//< : Wind bleu- hard from the northwest ; wo wont out and lay under the lee of Ram Head, 

 thinking the wind might die out, but as it continued to lilow we came up to Greenport and hauled the William Hatfield 

 on the ways to stop a leak. 



September 1st, Monday : A windy day ; it rained in the morning; we did not fish. Tuesday, 2d : Went out in the 

 morning, but the wind came on to blow hard from the northwest ; so we anchored under Long Beach, and lay there 

 all day and night. Wednesday, 3d : Went out in the morning below Gardiner's Island ; caught about 15,000 fish ; staid 

 in Napeague through the night; pleasant. Thursday, 4th: Got under way in the morning; looked below Gardiner's 



