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weather pleasant. Friday, 20th : Arrived at Prince's Bay ; weather continues flue. Saturday, 21st : Caught in 

 Prince's Bay 10,700 link, which we sent in the North Star to Hawkins' Works, Barren Island ; pleasant. Monday, 23d : 

 Wind cast ; we caught none : we lay in by Coney Island. Tuesday, 24th : East wind, and rained ; did not fish. 

 Wednesday, 25th ; We caught, in Prince's Bay, 17,300 fish, which we sent in the U. S. Grant, and 22,500 in the North 

 Star to Hawkins' Works ; pleasant day. Thursday, 26th : Caught in Prince's Bay 10,350 fish, which we sent in the U. 

 S. Grant to the Hawkins Works ; pleasant. Friday, 27th : Wo went outside of Sandy Hook, down the New Jersey 

 beach a few miles ; found some fish and made a set ; caught one arm of the seine on rocks and tore it very badly; 

 saved iu the other arm 2-1,300 fish, which we sent ill the U. S. Grant to the Hawkins Works ; we came in behind 

 Sandy Hook and took the seine on the shore just south of the wharf, and mended it ; weather pleasant, but wind blew 

 fresh S.W. Saturday, 2th : Finished mending seine; then went in the Wreckers' Basin, Stateii Island; pleasant day. 

 Monday, 30th : Caught, iu Prince's Bay, 12,000 fish, which we sent in the North Star to Hawkins' Works ; weather 

 pleasant. 



July 1st. Tuesday: We caught in Prince's Bay 43,650 fish, which we sent in the U. S. Grant to the Hawkins 

 Works; pleasant. Wednesday, 2d : Went out in Prince's Bay ; caught 15,600 fish, which we sent in the North Star to 

 Hawkins' Works ; tine day. Thursday, 3d : We came homo with the sloops; the wind was fair and we made the run in 

 one day ; we came through Plum Gut about 8 o'clock p. m. ; good breeze in p. m. southwest. Friday, 4th : We sailed 

 all night and arrived at Jamesport in the morning; spent the fourth at home; pleasant. Saturday, 5th: I sold the New 

 York and launched her; fine. Monday, 7th: We went down through Peconic Bay and iu Gardiner's Bay, when I 

 went to the masthead and could see bunches offish deep down that could not be seen from the deck ; the U. S. Grant 

 was nearly a mile from us, and about this time we saw her jib go down, and the man that run her dropped off in his 

 little boat ; we knew at once that he had discovered a good bunch of fish and went towards him ; when we reached 

 him the bunch had separated, but we selected the best we could and caught 29,000 fish, which we sent in the U. S. 

 Grant; and then we made another set as soon as we could and caught 31,500, which we sent in the North Star to the 

 Miauiogue Works; it was dark before we had the last set scooped out; these fish were the best I ever saw at this 

 season of the year; they were as good as any Eastern fish that we catch in the fall; pleasant day. Tuesday, 8th : 

 Went out in Gardiner's Bay ; could see fish from masthead, but could not see them in the boats well enough to catch 

 them ; weather continues fine. Wednesday, 9th : Went out in Gardiner's Bay ; caught 6,000 fish, which we sent iu the 

 U. S. Grant to the Miamogue Works, and $10.50 worth offish we sold to a smack; weather pleasant. Thursday, l(lth : 

 Caught in Gardiner's Bay 34,000 fish, which we sent in the North Star to the Miamogue Works; fine. Friday, lllh : 

 Wo caught in Gardiner's Bay 15,000 fish, which we sent in the U. S. Grant to the Miamogue Works; fine. Saturday, 

 12th: Went out in Gardiner's Bay; caught none; pleasant. Monday, Uth: We went out in Gardiner's Bay; caught 

 none; pleasant. Tuesday, 15 1* : Caught in Gardiner's Bay 12,000 fish, which we sent in the U. S. Grant lo the Mia- 

 mogue Works; fine. Wednesday, l(i//i : We caught in Gardiner's Bay 51,500 fish, which we sent in the North Star to 

 the Miamogne Works; pleasant. Thursday, l~th: Caught in Gardiner's Bay 51,500 fish, which we sent in the U. S. 

 Grant to the Miamogue Works; pleasant. Friday, 18th: Went out in Gardiner's Bay; caught 24,500 fish, which we 

 sent in the North Star to the Miamogue Works ; fine. Saturday, I'M : Did not fish ; I went home ; pleasant day. 

 Monday, 2let: Went out in Gardiner's Bay; caught 53,000 fish, which we sent in the U. S. Grant to the Miamogue 

 Works; weather continues pleasant. Tuesday, 22d : Caught in Gardiner's Bay 54,000 fish, which we sent in the North 

 Star to the Miamogue Works; pleasant. Wednesday, 23d: We caught in Gardiner's Bay 54,500 fish, which we sent iu 

 the U. S. Grant, and 18,500 in the North Star to the Miamogue Works ; weather continues fine. Thursday, 24th : Caught 

 in Gardiner's Bay 41,000 fish, which we sent in the U. S. Grant to the Miamogue Works ; also, sold $10 worth of fish 

 to a smack; pleasant. Friday, 25th: We caught in Gardiner's Bay 46,500 fish, which we sent in the North Star and 

 20,500 in the U. S. Grant to the Miamoguo Works; weather pleasant. Saturday, 2&h : We did not fish; hauled out 

 the sloops on the railways and cleaned them; weather pleasant. Monday, 2Sth : Went out in Gardiner's Bay; caught 

 42,000 tish, which we sent in the North Star to the Miamogue Works; weather fire. Tuesday, 29th: We caught in 

 Gardiner's Bay 25,000 tish, which wo sent in the U. S. Grant to the Miamoguo Works ; pleasant. Wednesday, 30th: 

 Caught in Gardiner's Bay 45,000 tish, which we sent in the North Star to the Miamogue Works, and we sold 22,000 fish 

 to some smacks for $4 per M., amounting to $; the fish continue fat, and the factories are paying $s>.CO per M. ; 

 pleasant. Thursday, 3lst: We caught in Gardiner's Bay 21,000 fish, which we sent in the U. S. Grant, and 21,000 in 

 the North Star, and the U. S. Grant coming out again we sent in her 26,500 fish; all to the Miamoguo Works; 

 weather line. 



August 1st, Friday : Caught iu Gardiner's Bay 15,500 fish, which we sent in the North Star to the Miamogue Works ; 

 pleasant. Saturday, 2d: Wont out iu Gardiner's Bay; caught 14,000 fish, which wo sent in the U. S. Grant to the 

 Miamogue Works; weather continues pleasant. Monday, 4lh : Went out in Gardiner's Bay ; caught 9,500 fish, which 

 we sent in the U. S. Grant to the Miamogue Works; weather fine. Tuesday, 5th: Looked through Gardiner's Bay, 

 but caught no fish ; weather continues pleasant. Wednesday, 6th : Caught in Gardiner's Bay 13,000 fish, which we 

 sent in the North Star to the Miauiogue Works; pleasant. Thursday, 7th: Did not fish, but ripped out the seine 

 and tarred it ; weather continues pleasant. Friday, 8th : A. m. we finished hanging the seine ; p. in. we came up in 

 Pecouic Bay ; weather pleasant. Saturday, 9th : We caught in Pecouic Bay 9,000 fish, which we sent iu the U. S. Grant 

 to the Miamogue Works ; fine. Monday, llth : We caught in Pecouic Bay 17,000 fish, which we sent in the North Star, 

 and 7,500 in the U. S. Grant to the Miamogue Works ; pleasaut day. Tuesday, 12th : Windy ; caught no fish. Wed- 

 nesday, 13th: Hard east storm ; we lay in Groenport. Thursday, Uth: East storm continues; iu Greenport. Friday, 

 151 It : We went down us far as Gardiner's Island, then up in Peconic Bay. but caught no tish ; pleasant. Saturday, 

 10th: We caught in Pecouic Bay 5,500 fish, which we sent in the U. S. Grant to the Miamogue Works. Monday, 18th: 

 Went down through Peconic Bay; caught none; stopped at Greenport; wind east. Tuesday, 19th: Went out in 



