464 Notes on Sport and Travel vn 



fishing. What fun there used to be in those little 

 huts erected round a hole in the ice of the St. 

 Lawrence ! What a sparkling of eyes and glinting 

 of pearly teeth ! I believe we fished for ' Tommy 

 Cod ' ; but to this day I have not an idea of what a 

 ' Tommy Cod ' is. And we drank hot, what was it, 

 toddy or negus ? Which was it ? Never mind, we 

 wanted neither to inspire us, and if we had an ache 

 next mornine it was not a headache. 



