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Island; then went up In Gardiner's Bay ; caught 30,000 fish ; sent them to factory ; pleasant day. Friday, 5//i .- Went 

 down in Gardiner's Bay; caught 12,000 fish ; sent them to the factory and wo runic to Greenport ; pleasant. Satur- 

 day, 6th: Went down iu Gardiner's Bay, off I'lura Gut, but caught no fish ; then came to Jamesport with the sloops; 

 it took us all day, as the wind was southwest; we carted the seine up in the lot. Monday, Slli : We worked on the 

 sloops and seine; in fact we spent the whole week turrit';; and hanging the seine, and working on the faim a part of 

 the time; did not go out fishing until Monday, lath: When we went down bay; caught 5,000 fish; landed them 

 at the factory; pleasant day. Tm.'sdi,, IGth : Went out in Gardiner's Bay; caught 15,000 fish; sent them to the 

 factory; pleasant. Wednesday, 17th: Caught in Gardiner's Bay G,COO fish; factory; line, day. Thursday, ISlh: 

 Caught in Gardiner's Bay 15,000 fish; took them to the factory at Southold ; pleasant. Friday, 19</i : Went out in 

 Gardiner's Bay ; caught 10,500 fish ; factory; fine. Saturday, 20th: Came to Jamesport with the sloops. Monday, 22d: 

 We went down bay ; caught none; pleasant day. Tuesday. 23d: We went out very early iiuhe morning ; went below 

 Gardiner's Island ; caught 30,000 fish ; sent them to Southold to the factory ; pleasant. Wednesday, 241Ii: Went ov.t, but 

 the wind came on to blow very hard; so we went into Napeague Harbor and went beaeh-plurnming. Thursday, Zath: 

 A. II. the wind blew very hard from the east ; we went beach-pluiuming again; at noon the wind slacked down, so 

 that we thought it would do" to go out; went out east of Gardiner's Island and went around a shoal of fish; the 

 seine caught on a rock, and we saved only 3,000 fish and tore the seine, so we went into Napeagne and mended it. 

 Friday, 26th: Went out below Gardiner's Island; caught 10,500 fish ; we did not get to the factory until most daylight 

 next morning; very calm day. Saturday, 271h : Went to Jamesport; pleasant. Monday, 29(7i : Went down bay; 

 caught none; very fine day. Tuesday, 30th : We went out iu Gardiner's Bay ; caught 3,000 fish ; sent them to factory ; 

 pleasant. 



October 1st, Wednesday: Wind east and stormy; did not fish. Thursday, 2d : East storm continues. Friday. 3d: 

 Went out in Gardiner's Bay; caught 17,500 fish; sent them to the factory at Southold; pleasant day. Saturday, 4th : 

 Came to Jamesport; the wind blew quite strong from the southwest; did not go out again until Wednesday, 8th : 

 Wo started down bay early in the morning; went down in Gardiner's Bay, but it was so late we caught none; 

 pleasant. Thursday, 9th : Went down in Gardiner's Bay ; caught 26,500 fish ; sent them to Sout hold factory ; pleasa n t 

 day. Friday, 10th: An east storm ; we lay in the basin at Grecnport. Saturday, llth: A.M. it rained ; did not fish. 

 Monday, 13th: A storm from the east. Tuesday, Uth : Wind continues; did not fish. Wednesday, I'M: Went out in 

 Gardiner's Bay ; caught 46, GOO fish ; sent them to Southold ; pleasant, but blew quite hard from the southwest in 

 p.m. Thursday, 16th: Went down in Gardiner's Bay; caught 24, 000 fish; took them to the factory; pleasant day. 

 Friday, nth: Went out iu Gardiner's Bay ; caught 33,000 fish; sent them to the factory; we anchored under Gardi- 

 ner's Island ; fine. Saturday, 18th : In the morning we went around east of Gardiner's Island, but found no fish ; then 

 we went up to Sonthold with the William Hatfield, and reeled our seine on one of the haul-seine reels; got a team 

 and went home. Monday, 20th: Went to Southold, then went to Greenport with the William Hatfield; the wind 

 blew very hard from the northwest, so that we could not fish ; mended seine, &c. Tuesday, 21st : Went out in Gardi- 

 ner's Bay; caught 63,000 fish at one set ; seut them to Soufhold factory; the wind came on to blow southwest. Wed- 

 nesday, 22d : Started out of Greenport in the morning, but we had got no farther than Hay Beach when it commenced 

 to blow so hard from the northwest that we came back to Greenport ; it was as much as wo could do to get back ; 

 some of the double-end fish-boats (Rhode Island gangs) could not get back, but got under the land and anchored. 

 Thursday, 23d: Wind continued at the northwest; we laid in Greenport. Friday. 24/h : Went out in Gardiner's Bay ; 

 caught 51, 000 fish; sent, them to Southold factory; pleasant day. Saturday, 25th .- Wo went out in Gardiner's Bay; 

 caught 60,000 fish at one set ; the carry -away sloop did not get to us in time, so we took them on the William Hat field ; 

 it was calm all the p. m., so we did not arrive at Southold with them until eight o'clock iu the evening. Monday, '21 Hi: 

 Went to Greenport; it stormed, so we did not fish. Tuesday, 28th : A pleasant day, but some of my men have failed to 

 come; therefore we cannot fish. Wednesday, 29(A : Found two men in Greenport and went down below Gardiner's 

 Island; made one set just at night, and as it was calm came to anchor cast of the island and lay there until morning. 

 Thursday, 30th: In the morning it blew quite hard from the northwest, but as soon as it slacked we got under way 

 and soon found a nice red bunch; by the looks of 'it I should think it contained near 100,000 ; we set the seine around 

 it and commenced pursing, but we soon found it had caught on rocks and we could not purse it ; but as wo were out 

 of the tide, we took a boat and pulled the seine up, clearing it, and saved a part of the fish saved, with the few we 

 caught the day before, 40,500 fish ; took them to the factory, and as I was bothered to get men to make out a crew, 

 thought I would lay up. Friday, 31st: Went to the factories and had a settlement, ai'd the next day went to James- 

 port and stowed boats and seines away. 



1804. 



As the business has increased iu importance, we have enlarged our capacity of catching and carrying the fish by 

 getting another carry-away sloop. Now we have the William Hatfield for to wing the boats ;rnd seine and for the fish- 

 ing-crew to live in, and if necessary can carry a few fish on deck ; the Accordeon, which will carry about 45,000 fish ; 

 and the Black Bird, which will carry about 40,000. Wo have fixed and painted the sloops and boats, and started out 

 fishing in Peconic Bay May 31, when we took 40,000 fish, and sent them to J. Applie's factory in the Accordeon. 



June 13th : Sold 7.50 worth of fish to a smack ; most of our fish are now sold to the factories. June 15/ft : Sold 

 $26.75 worth of fish to a smack. 



October 18th : The wind has slacked up so that we started out in the morning, ar.d as soon as 1he gangs were by 

 Long Beach they began to drop off, and when we were just by Long Brach, looking off toward where the sun had 

 just risen, we could see fish breaking as far as the eye could reach. I never saw such a show of fish. We dropped 



