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It was not until the year 1900 that the modern 

 methods, above outlined, were introduced here from 

 Norway, and it was then, and since, that the factories 

 were built and the -industry for a time grew im- 

 mensely. Previously the old-fashioned methods of 

 row-boat and hand harpoon were the only ones em- 

 ployed, and there are many to-day who bemoan the 

 modern innovations. By the year 1904 a marked de- 

 crease in whales had occurred, due very largely, if 

 not wholly, to increased destruction, and this resulted 

 in the closing of some Newfoundland factories. 



Thirty tons of the odoriferous whale's meat were 

 taken aboard the Erik, and stored in bins on deck. 

 Even there it smelled to high heaven, and as the warm 

 July sun beat down upon it in the days that followed, 

 its presence in our midst was never forgotten. 



At two o'clock the following morning Norton and 

 I launched our power whale-boat, and with Harold 

 Bartlett, second mate on the Erik,, and Larned, ran 

 to the bottom of the Bay, seventeen miles, to try our 

 rods at the mouth of a tumbling stream. My first 

 endeavor was for salmon, but two hours' effort failed 

 to reward me with a single rise. Then I turned my 

 attention to trout and was more successful, landing 

 fourteen fine sea trout and a speckled brook trout 

 which weighed four and a half pounds. It was a 

 beauty ! 



So far from the coast mosquitoes and black flies 

 were terrible simply beyond description both in 

 numbers and activity. They came upon us in clouds 

 and attacked every exposed part of our faces and 



