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rather more than fresh, went down a bit. 

 We were instructed not to trouble ourselves 

 about lines, bait, or anything else except 

 " grub," by which he meant provisions, and 

 we were to be down at the quay at ten o'clock 

 sharp, as it was necessary we should be on our 

 fishing ground before the tide began to flow. 

 Next morning a decidedly fresh breeze was 

 blowing, and we were doubtful whether our 

 old friend would consider it suitable weather 

 to go out ; however, to our relief, he was 

 quite willing. As it was slack tide he had 

 moored his boat a five-tonner, and a smart 

 one too some distance away from the quay, 

 so we had to go out to her in a dingey, and 

 as there was a nasty choppy sea on we were 

 pretty well drenched, notwithstanding our 

 macintoshes, by the time we got on board 

 the big boat. We made sail without delay, 

 and proceeded across the bay for rather more 

 than a mile, and then let go anchor and made 



