92 HISTORY AND METIODS OF THE FISHERIES. 
like success, were fitted out for the same place. But, for some reason or other, the fish were not 
caught in very extravagant quantities, and a fall in the price of the fish rendered such a long trip 
financially rather uncertain. Besides, as there was no reliable chart of Davis’ Strait and the coast 
of Greenland, the fishermen hesitated considerably before undertaking a voyage to such a precipi- 
tous and barren coast, and no one can blame them. Once give them a good chart of the coast and 
harbors of Western Greenland, and their greatest difficulty will be removed. No reliable survey 
and chart of Greenland have been made. 
Notwithstanding the need of large and accurate charts and the immense distance of two thou- 
sand miles, so great are the probabilities of making a profitable catch that thirty-one trips have been 
made from Gloucester to Davis’ Strait after halibut. The following is a tabulated statement of the 
vessels and captains engaged in the Greenland fishery from its beginning to the present time, show- 
ing also the year and the weight of flitches for each trip. This gives a total of 3,283,765 pounds 
of salt halibut brought to Gloucester from Greenland, or an average of 113,233 pounds for the 
vessels that returned in safety: 
Year. Vessel. Captain. ee oF i 
John Atwood.......-..0-0..ee-eeeeeee George Pomeroy..........------s-0++- 60, 000 
Caleb Eaton .......----.- John McQuinn...........---.22-+0---- 134, 400 
Caleb Eaton .......-.... John McQuinn..........+-.2--+----6-- 177, 300 
-| Membrino Chief -| John McQuinn............-00-.----- 
Caleb Eaton .-..---..--.-- gackeuk -| Jeremiah Hopkins.-.......---------- 429, 200 
River Queen (lost) .... .| George Robinson..-.... 
Thorwaldsen s.sereseescvereessens ea: James Hamilton.........-..-.----+- 
William S. Baker ..........---.------- Albion Pearse: :s-c0ssessececsceveceess 156, 800 
30, 000 
cigkGielvisisianeseseisincerese Charles J. Lawson..... 112, 000 
Thorwaldsen <<< veevessesecevesses Henry Hamilton....... 145, 600 
William S. Baker Albion Pearse .......-- 145, 600 
-| Membrino Chief John McQuinn......... 134, 400 
Carrie Jones .| John Guskill ........ 112, 000 
Caleb Eaton Jeremiah Hopkins.........----2-+-+-- 134, 400 
Aaron Burnham Charles J. Lawson.....---.----..---++ 91, 000 
Wiliam S. Baker --.| Albion Pearse ......... 75, 700 
Caleb Eaton ............--..---.--0-5- Jeremiih Hopkins....... 62, 500 
Albert Clarence ..-.-2...0.2..2. 00-2: John Gaskill. ....-..... 51, 000 
Nulli Secundus Charles J. Lawson............---.---- 163, 000 
Henry Wilson .....--. 
Grace L. Fears xe 
Cunard (lost) scacsorceienrancees cance 
Bellerophon 2cc2c0sc02.c-densece- se 
Herman Babson Siarecalecstionts 
Beer TT 5 cseccanerenwtewimew seo John McDonald. ... 
140, 000 
----| 140,000 
Mary) Bilis cess letonenteaicts wajckie'a wate cimacicien Rasmus Madsen ...... ete 75, 000 
Matty Bi ccnccue sa cnns -| Rasmus Madsen ........-........----. 70, 000 
* Herman Babson .. Charles J. Lawe0th.caces vsuseeg.venwaan 168, 400 
MBN Eh cnn enddon nn --------.{ Rasmus Madsen ... 84, 890 
Banker Hills. -csssccsecsseseeeasccvss John McDonald. 179, 575 
“ EGIL cesusnea cease meneey meee sel ce baler ac trt twat sarees inayat hs see Reco I 3, 283, 765 
Average for vessels returning. ...|......-------.sccececeenne ceesccnecceees 118, 233 
Two vessels were lost; but one of th ese, the Cunard, after starting for home, went to the Grand 
Bank and was lost there, leaving only one lost in the Greenland fishery. The River Queen prob- 
ably failed to reach home because too little care had been taken in properly arranging the salted 
fish, thus throwing the vessel considerably out of trim. The last seen of her she was rather low 
in the bow and sailing before a northeast gale, on her way home. 
If we compare the Davis’ Strait fishery with that of the Grand Bank we find much in ita 
