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PICTORIAL MISCELLANY. 



There is light enough always for the divers distinctly to see the 

 shells they seek, and, to their consternation, they sometimes per- 

 ceive monstrous fishes, from which their address in mudding the 

 water will not always save them. Of all the perils of fishing this is 

 one of the chief and most usual. The best divers, it is said, will re- 

 main under water ten minutes, but the exertion, pain, and danger 

 of this effort are extreme. When they are to rise they pull the rope, 

 by which those in the boats draw them up and empty the net-bag, 

 which contains, if successful, five hundred, or perhaps not above fifty, 

 oysters. These are laid in heaps till the fish perish and the pearls 

 drop out of the shells. 



The Newfoundland 



ABORIGINAL in the country of which he bears the name, this kind of 

 dog is distinguished for docility and strength. He is consequently 

 very useful to the settlers and natives, and when yoked with his com- 

 panions to a sledge, they will cheerfully draw two or three hundred 

 weight of wood for several miles. It is even said, that if they are 

 accustomed to the track, they do not require a driver; and that 

 after having delivered their lading they return to their master's hut. 



