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14 to 17 inclies in length, which were landed at Lewes, Del., and shipped by rail to 
Philadelphia. Five barrels of this lot sent to ISTew York sold at the rate of 30 cents 
per fish. 
Up to April 27 the vessels still remaining in the vicinity of Lewes had seen nothing 
but the small mackerel previously reported, but from that time until the latter part of 
May larger fish were sighted, and A^essels arrived with small fares at rather short 
intervals. Most of the fish caught up to the middle of May were taken off Baruegat, 
N. .1. On May 16, the United States Fish Commission scdioouer Gramjnis reported 
that on May 6, 7, S, 9, and 10 large mackerel were fairly abundant in latitude 38° 20', 
in 27 to 100 fathoms of water; they were, however, very shy and difficult to catch. 
By the middle of the month most of the fleet had left the southern grounds to seek 
the mackerel on the Nova Scotia shore. 
The arrivals of fresh mackerel after the trip of the Joseph Rowe on April 16 were 
as follows: On April 27 the schooner Mabel R. Bennett, of Gloucester, lauded 2,000 
large mackerel in New York, most of which sold at 27 cents each. Four more Glou- 
cester vessels arrived in New York with mackerel on May 3; these were the schooners 
Harvard with 7,000 fish, Lewis H. Giles with 6,000 fish, Ethel B. Jacobs with 6,500 fish, 
and Lottie Gardner with 2,500 fish ; these were also large mackerel and mostly sold 
for 25 cents apiece. Two arrivals at New York on May 4, the schooners Joseph Rowe 
^nd Marguerite Hashins, had 4,840 large fish, which sold for 16 or 17 cents each. On 
May 6 the schooner Hattie ill. Graham, of Gloucester, took 80 barrels of medium-sized 
mackerel to Philadelphia, where the fish brought 10 to 12 cents each. The schooner 
Noj-umhega, of Gloucester, arrived at New York on May 10 with 1,300 fish. On the 
lollowiug day the schooner William H. Cross, of the same place, brought in about 
1,500 fish. Two days later the schooners Marguerite Hashins, Eddie Davidson, Argo, 
and Caroline Vought, the three last belonging in Gloucester, brought in about 27,000 
mackerel. The fare of the first-named vessel, consisting of about 150 barrels, or 20,000 
fish, was the largest single cargo landed in New Y^ork during the season. The price 
dropped to about 10 cents per fish. 
Four more vessels brought in good fares on May 14; these were the Gloucester 
schooners Lottie Gardner with 80 barrels, Ahbie E. Morris with 80 barrels, Minerva 
with 60 barrels, and Sena tor Ljodge with 40 bai’rels. The next day the schooner Joseph 
Rowe arrived at New York with her fourth fare, consisting of about 3,500 fish, which 
sold from 6 to 10 cents each, and the schooner Mabel R. Bennett landed about 1,000 
fish in New London, Conn. The schooner Ethel B. Jacobs reached Boston on May 17 
with 9,000 fresh 14-inch fish, which sold for 9 cents each; they were taken on the edge 
of the Gulf Stream in latitude 38° 10'. The next day the schooner N'orumbega reached 
Gloucester with 600 fresh fish. About this time some of the vessels still remaining in 
the southern waters found mackerel in the vicinity of Sandy Hook and carried small 
fares to New York on May 19, the schooners Marguerite Hashins, Caroline Vought, 
and Argo selling about 12,500 large fish. On May 24 the Caroline Vought landed 
another fare of 3,000 fish. The last vessel to go to New York with fresh mackerel 
was the schooner Minerva, which reached there May 26 with 1,200 fish, which sold for 
25 cents each. 
The mackerel fleet numbered 60 sail; of these 43 hailed from Gloucester, 3 from 
Boston, 11 from Portland, 1 from Rockport, and 2 from Dennisport. Several other 
vessels belonging in Provincetown and elsewliere sailed mackerel fishing in May, but 
