168 FISHEEMEK OF THE UNITED STATES. 



which I engaged in carrying fresh mackerel and lobsters to Boston until Sei)tember. In the 

 autumn I was fishing for mackerel with gill-nets in Massachusetts Bay. 



In 1862 I did not go fishirg in the winter — only occasionally. In the spring I was fishing for 

 cod and halibut again, and in the summer for lobsters and bluefish. In the winter I engaged in 

 the manufacture of cod- liver oil; in fact, I did so every winter. In the fall I set mackerel nets. 



In 1863 I was in the sloop Wave, and engaged in fishing the same as the year before. 



In 1864 I was in the Wave off Cape Cod in the spring and carrying mackerel and bluefish to 

 Boston until September. In the winter I engaged in the manufacture of cod-liver oil. 



In 1865 I was still in the Wave, engaged in cod and halibut fishing in the spring, and carrying 

 fresh mackerel to market that we caught in gill-nets here, which lasted until about the middle of 

 June. ' After that I engaged in carrying bluefish to Boston and fishing in the bay for codfish. 

 In the autumn I fished for mackerel with gill-nets. In the winter I made cod-liver oil. 



In 1866 I was in the sloop Wave, halibut fishing, as in springs before. After which carrying 

 mackerel to market until June; and through the summer I engaged in the bluefish and dogfish 

 fishery. In September I sold my vessel. That is when I coiled up my lines and qiiitted going 

 vesseling. 



Ever since that time I have been engaged in the manufacture of medicinal cod-liver oil and in 

 smoking halibut brought from the Grand Bank. 



In 18G6 I bought 250 quintals of halibut, but was about three months smoking them, and the 

 price fell, and I lost all my labor and $500. The next spring I received a notification to deliver a 

 course of lectures before the Lowell Institute, which I gave in the winter of 18C8.* I smoked 

 400 quintals of halibut for Boston parties. In 1869, 1870, and 1871 1 was in the fishery. Each and 

 every year we smoked from 400 to 700 quintals of halibut, until the last three years. Last year we 

 smoked 130 quintals, but the manufacture of cod liver oil has been my main business. 



* The lectures deliVered by Captain Atwoocl at the Lowell Institute in 1868 were largely attended and very suc- 

 cessful. — Editor. 



