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knee at the thought that his memory could still go 

 back to a period so remote for proof of his belief 

 that there is nothing new. 



The flashing bait attracted the pollack that quickly- 

 darkening evening, as it had on many another such 

 occasion, while the rubber worm becam.e discredited 

 and was removed to give place to another flasher, 

 and then both rods were busy and we thought ±0 

 fill the boat. When Dame Fortune comes with her 

 lap full of good things and gives with both hands it 

 is easy to be unmindful of the probability that her 

 stay will be brief. The big dark cloud brought with 

 it, from out the west, wind that freshened and drove 

 us to harbour. Mil-ce, on landing, started for a means 

 of getting the fish to the hotel, and came back with 

 — the truth must be told — a donkey and cart. The 

 smallest fish weighed six pounds, the next in weight 

 eight pounds, and then upwards to fifteen pounds — 

 thirty-eight fish in all. 



The wind that drove us so hastily to shelter con- 

 tinued, and prevented our getting to sea next day, 

 although we made attempts that took much time. 

 The lulls that caused us to try again and again were 

 of short duration, and the only reward for our perse- 

 verance was the consciousness of having done our 

 best. We got well splashed, but there is nothing 

 so good for the hair as salt water nor anything so im- 

 mediate in its effects, for you can feel the thin place 

 thicken as the salt dries on it, and, if you are gentle 

 with your rubbing and let the sea breeze do its share, 

 you will be delighted with the seeming growth. 



Blank days are not to be despised because they 

 do not lend them.selves to be talked of, nor is their 

 lowering of our pride very harmful, and to their 

 credit we must surely place something for the energy 

 with which we strive again, and something for the 

 extra pleasure we shall have in our next success. 1 

 have striven without succeeding as frequently as 



