ICE WORK. 575 



freezes occur every year, which are often hard enough 

 to make ice in which a common gunning skiff cannot 

 be used ; and thfs often puts an end to the gunning of 

 many men who are not prepared for ice work, and at 

 the very time when the fowl are likely to be most 

 abundant, and most easily obtained by those prepared 

 to go out for them. 



