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anchor and make for home. When we got 

 in, other fishermen said it was the best 

 catch that had been taken in the Bay for 

 a long time. We had sixty-five gurnard, 

 three codfish, eleven chad or bream, five 

 flat-fish, and we must have caught alto- 

 gether two dozen dog-fish. Consequently 

 we much appreciated the sport. The day 

 was perhaps rather rough, but nothing un- 

 pleasant occurred to either of us, although 

 at one time there was a greenish hue visible 

 on my face, so my son said ; but of course I 

 told him it was a libel, and that it was 

 simply a reflection of the " sad sea waves." 



