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CHAPTER XVII. 



;UNIVEHSITY^ 



Affairs at Old Fort Island — The fishing season — Thunder storm — Arrival 

 of vessel which is to take us home — Our trip in her to L'Anse Loup and 

 scenes at intervening places — "Off for home" — Double reefed fore 

 and main sails — Island of Anticosti — A hurricane — Quebec and 

 home. 



Affairs at the Island had not changed much since I had left it, 

 and everything moved on in the same quiet, well ordered style. 

 There had been an arrival which pleased the children greatly, in the 

 shape of a young calf, in the barn, and most of the day was occu- 

 pied by them in watching its movements, which they did with the 

 greatest of interest, reporting hourly at the house. There were 

 three children in the family, but one would easily have imagined 

 that there were at least thirty, by the succession of continual ap- 

 pearances and as sudden disappearances at the door, as each came 

 to relate the dispatches from the barn. It, however, afforded them 

 occupation, which was the main point. 



The animals about the place, not counting in the dogs, con- 

 sisted of a bull, a cow with its calf, and two goats — one of which 

 was a billy. The goat furnished milk as well as the cow. Many 

 people along the coast keep goats, and prefer the milk for the chil- 

 dren to that of the cow. Both the billy and the bull were turned 

 loose on the ground with simply a board before their eyes, and one 

 of their fore feet tied to a rope passing around the horns. In this 

 manner all roam together : dogs, children, animals and all. 



It really seemed quite refreshing to be fed once more on good 

 home-made bread and butter, to drink fresh, rich, creamy milk, and 

 to have the luxury of real cream in one's tea and coffee. The gun 

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