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Island; then went up in Gardiner’s Bay ; caught 30,000 fish; sent them to factory; pleasant day. Friday, 5th: Went 
down in Gardiner’s Bay; caught 12,000 fish; sent them to the factory and we came to Greenport; pleasant. Satur- 
~ day, 6th: Went down in Gardiner’s Bay, off Plum Gut, but caught no fish; then came to Jamesport with the sloops; 
it took us all day, as the wind was southwest; we carted the seine up in the lot. Monday, 8th: We worked on the 
sloops and seine; in fact we spent the whole week tarring and hanging the seine, and working on the farm a part of 
the time; did not go out fishing until Monday, 15th: When we went down bay; caught 5,000 fish; landed them 
at the factory; pleasant day. Tuesday, 16th: Went out in Gardiner’s Bay; caught 15,000 fish; sent them to the 
factory; pleasant. Wednesday, 17th: Caught in Gardiner’s Bay 6,000 fish; factory; fine day. Thursday, 18th: 
Caught in Gardiner’s Bay 15,000 fish; took them to the factory at Southold; pleasant. Friday, 19th: Went out in 
Gardiner’s Bay; caught 10,500 fish ; factory; fine. Saturday, 20th: Came to Jamesport with the sloops. Monday, 22d: 
We went down bay; caught none; pleasantday. Tyesday, 23d: We went out very early in the morning; went below 
Gardiner’s Island; caught 30,000 fish ; sent them to Southold to the factory; pleasant. Wednesday, 24th: Went out, but 
the wind came on to blow very hard; so we went into Napeague Harbor and went beach-plumming. Thursday, 25th: 
A.M. the wind blew very hard from the east; we went beach-plumming again; at noon the wind slacked down, so 
that we thought it would do to go out; went out east of Gardiner’s Island and went around a shoal of fish; the 
seine caught on a rock, and we saved only 3,000 fish and tore the seine, so we went into Napeague and mended it. 
Friday, 26th: Went out below Gardiner’s Island; caught 10,500 fish; we did not get to the factory until most daylight 
next morning; very calm day. Saturday, 27th: Went to Jamesport; pleasant. Monday, 29th: Went down bay; 
caught none; very fine day. Tuesday, 30th: We went out in Gardiner’s Bay; caught 3,000 fish; sent them to factory; 
pleasant. 
October 1st, Wednesday : Wind east and stormy; did not fish. Thursday, 2d: East storm continues. Friday, 3d: 
Went out in Gardiner’s Bay; caught 17,500 fish; sent them to the factory at Southold; pleasant day. Saturday, 4th: 
Came to Jamesport; the wind blew quite strong from the southwest; did not go out again until Wednesday, 8th: 
We started down bay early in the morning; went down in Gardiner’s Bay, but it was so late we caught none; 
pleasant. Thursday, 9th: Went down in Gardiner’s Bay; caught 26,500 fish ; sent them to Southold factory; pleasant 
day. Friday, 10th: An east storm; we lay in the basin at Greenport, Saturday, 11th: A.M.it rained; did not fish. 
Monday, 13th: A storm from the east. Tuesday, 14th: Wind continues; did not fish. Wednesday, 15th: Went out in 
Gardiner’s Bay; caught 46,600 fish; sent them to Southold; pleasant, but blew quite hard from the southwest in 
p.m. Thursday, 16th: Went down in Gardiner’s Bay; caught 24,000 fish; took them to the factory; pleasant day. 
Friday, 17th: Went out in Gardiner’s Bay; caught 33,000 fish; sent thém to the factory; we anchored under Gardi- 
ner’s Island; fine. Saturday, 1éth: In the morning we went around east of Gardiner’s Island, but found no fish; then 
we went up to Southold with the William Hatfield, and reeled our seine on one of the haul-seine reels; got a team 
and went home. Monday, 20th: Went to Southold, then went to Greenport with the William Hatfield; the wind 
blew very hard trom the northwest, so that we could not fish; mended seine, &c. Tuesday, 21st: Went out in Gardi- 
ner’s Bay; caught 63,000 fish at one set; sent them to Southold factory ; the wind came on to blow southwest. JWed- 
nesday, 22d: Started out of Greenport in the morning, but we had got no farther than Hay Beach when it commenced 
to blow so hard from the northwest that we came back to Greenport; it was as much as we could do to get back; 
some of the double-end fish-boats (Rhode Island gangs) could not get back, but got under the land and anchored. 
Thursday, 23d: Wind continued at the northwest; we laid in Greenport. Friday, 24h: Went out in Gardiner’s Bay; 
caught 51,000 fish; sent them to Southold factory; pleasant day. Saturday, 25th: We went out in Gardiner’s Bay; 
caught 60,000 fish at one set; the carry -away sloop did not get to us in time, so we took them on the William Hatfield; 
it was calm all the p. m., so we did not arrive at Southold with them until eight o’clock in the evening. Monday, 27th: 
Went to Greenport; it stormed, so we did not fish. Tuesday, 28th: A pleasant day, but some of my men have failed to 
come; therefore we cannot fish. Wednesday, 29th: Found two men in Greenport and went down below Gardiner’s 
Island; made one set just at night, and as it was calin came to anchor east of the island and lay there until morning. 
Thursdag, 30th: In the morning it blew quite hard from the northwest, but as soon as it slacked we got under way 
and soon found a nice red bunch; by the looks of it I should think it contained near 100,000; we set the seine around 
it and commenced pursing, but we soon found it had caught on rocks and we could not purse it; but a3 we were out 
of the tide, we took a boat and pulled the seine up, clearing it, and saved a part of the fish—saved, with the few we 
caught the day before, 40,500 fish; took them to the factory, and as I was bothered to get men to make out a crew, 
thought I would lay up. Friday, 3lst: Went to the factories and had a settlement, and the next day went to James- 
port and stowed boats and seines away. 
. 1864. 
As the business has increased in importance, we have enlarged our capacity of catching and carrying the fish by 
getting another carry-away sloop. Now we have the William Hatfield for towing the boats and seine and for the fish- 
ing-crew to live in, and if necessary can carry a few fish on deck; the Accordeon, which will carry about 45,000 fish ; 
and the Black Bird, which will carry about 40,000. We have fixed and painted the sloops and boats, and started out 
fishing in Peconic Bay May 31, when we took 40,000 fish, and sent them to J. Applie’s factory in the Accordeon. 
June 13th: Sold $7.50 worth of fish to a smack; most of our fish are now sold to the factories. June 15th: Sold 
$26.75 worth of fish to a smack. 
October 18th : The wind has slacked up so that we started out in the morning, and as soon as the gangs were by 
Long Beach they began to drop off, and when we were just by Long Beach, looking off toward where the sun had 
just risen, we could see fish breaking as far as the eye could reach. I nover saw such a show of fish. We dropped 
