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carried to the Boston market, in 1873, 25,000 pounds of haddock, 
and stocked $1,100. This vessel also made the largest stock of 
that season, realizing in five months $10,250, clear of all ex- 
penses, the crew sharing $550 each. The crew of the schooner 
David J. Adams in March, 1881, shared $107 each in a ten days’ 
trip in the haddock fishery. 
THE HADDOCK FISHERY FIFTY YEARS AGO. 
A writer in the “Fishermen’s Memorial and Record Book” 
thus describes the haddock fishing in the early part of the pres- 
ent century : 
“The fitting out of the fleet for the haddock fishery com- 
menced about the first of April. The first move was to run the 
boats on the beach, or landing as it was then called, and have 
them caulked and graved. The latter process consisted in apply- 
ing a coat of pitch to the bottem and burning it down with a tar 
barrel, which gave a smooth and glossy surface. Painted _bot- 
toms in those days were very rare. 
“The time occupied in making a haddock trip was from two 
days to a week, the fish being mostly taken on Old Man's Pas- 
ture, Heart’s Ground, and Inner Bank, about twelve miles off of 
Eastern Point. The fish were taken to Charlestown for a mar- 
ket, and purchased by the hawkers—among whom were Johnny 
Harriden, Joe Smith, Isaac Rich, and others, who took them 
over to Boston in handcarts, and retailed them at a good profit. 
The codfish were generally salted. The smallest were cured for 
the Bilboa market, and the largest were made into dunfish, as 
they were called, for home consumption. They were kept on 
the flakes several weeks, and thoroughly dried until they be- 
came of a reddish color, and were highly esteemed as an article 
of food. The haking fishing commenced in July, and the pol- 
lock fishery was prosecuted from September till the middle of 
November. Each boat carried three men—skipper, forward 
hand and cook, who went at the halves, as it was called, the 
crew receiving one-half the gross stock, and the owners the bal- 
ance” (page 73). 
A recess was then taken. 
