The Journal of a Sporting Nomad 
men, the different loads had to be apportioned 
out and packed. 
I went with my host to pull up a lobster pot 
which had been put down the previous night 
about fifty yards from the jetty. We found 
nine lobsters in it, huge fellows, worth four 
shillings each in England, but “‘ out there” to 
be bought for three shillings a hundred. The 
fishermen catch them by “jigging.” A jig 
consists of a bright, leaden, oblong weight, 
studded with a number of long sharp pins 
turned upwards, barbless hooks, and the method 
of using is to let the weight down to the bottom, 
when it is alternately jerked up and down 
through a space of some two or three feet. The 
lobsters rush at the shining lure, get impaled on. 
the pins, and are hauled aboard. This ingenious 
scheme is also used for catching squid, and is 
adopted on the banks of Newfoundland as a 
means of obtaining bait for cod-fishing. 
We were all ready for a start on the second 
morning after my arrival. The day was bright and 
frosty, typical of early November. It took us 
about three hours to arrive at the point where we 
meant to leave the boat, and we hoped to make 
permanent camp some twenty miles from the 
landing-place. Each shouldering his pack we 
set out for the small gulch or ravine known to 
Johnny Peters, near the Barrens, or high table- 
lands, where the caribou are to be found. The 
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