i1 



[lussell, 

 teen to 



: barred 

 1. The 

 ntcd out 

 Lve littUi 

 [letl and 

 lay, and 

 d. Th(! 

 lich will 

 on talk- 

 ! salmoii- 

 ^cd. lie 

 lin a mile 



uly 21. 

 )oor year 



uly 22. 



here and 

 reported 



July 22. 



; same had 

 Imon river 



Julv 20. 

 IS vet, both 



cod and salmon. The settlers here complain of tlie cud-seiues, and say 

 tliat they drive the fish out into deep water. I was asked whetlief it was 

 legal for Newfoundland schooners to luiul theiv cod-seines in CamuUau. 

 waters, and gave it as my opinion that it was. 



BiiAxe Sablox, Julv 2?. 



About sixty schooners here; all, witl^ one exception, report a bad season. 

 AVent over to M. de Qucttcville's rooms, — a very complete establishment of 

 about one hundred and fifty men, comprising blacksmiths, armourers, 

 coopers, carpenters and sailmakers, the whole being fishermen, when there 

 is no work for them in their respective trades. 



FoRTEAU, July 29. 



About twenty schooners. A bad report of the fisheries ; a fine salmon 

 river here, but the fish have now almost ceased running. Mr. Rabbits, 

 who has the rooms here, told mo that he was mucli against the use of 

 cod-seines, and would be glad to see them discontinued, as he thought 

 that they destroyed the fisliery; but he did not think it was yet the gene- 

 ral opinion. 



LAX(.'i>A-Luur, August ^: 



Anchored here to hear a complaint against h'lias "Watson, by Patrick 

 McDonald, for a day's wages. Settled in favor of McDonald. Here was 

 a case shewing the hardship of being unable to get any title to land. 

 Some years ago Mr. AVatson bought the rooms here for a considerabli; 

 sum of money, and about two years ago Patrick McDt)nald (wlio is a 

 thoroughly lazy, worthless character, from what I could learn) came to 

 and settled in the small cove, which Mr. AVatson fairly considered as his 

 property; thereby completely ruining Mr. Watson's seal and herring 

 fishery. Mr. AVatson has made every sort of offer to induce McDonald 

 to remove, if only for half a mile ; but without effect. 



