THE NEW BRUNSWICK SEA-LIONS. 221 



not forgetting ray portmanteau and gun-case, com- 

 mitted myself to the mercy of the ocean. 



I will spare my readers the details of the passage 

 and of the political meeting, where the speakers 

 nearly came to blows and tearing each other's haii*, 

 after mutual abuse worthy of scavengers, and will 

 come at once to the adventure with the sea-lions 

 which it is my intention to describe. 



In order to return to New York when my task 

 was over, I had to wait for the trans-Atlantic 

 steamer from Liverpool, which calls at Halifax ; and 

 what could I do to amuse myself for a week in the 

 capital of Nova Scotia ? The problem was difficult 

 of solution, and I should have had some trouble in 

 solving it, but for one of the "new friends" I made 

 during the first day of my stay in Halifax. " You 

 tell me,'' said he, "how fond you are of sport. If 

 you please, I'll introduce you to a cousin of miue, 

 Daniel Tevis, a great sportsman, and he'll show you 

 some fun before you go back to the Yankees." Thus 

 saying, he led the way to his cousin's house, and 

 formally presented me. 



" You are just in time, good Sir," quoth Mr. 

 Tevis, after bidding me welcome. " Only this morn- 

 ing I received a visit from an Esquimaux, whose 

 acquaintance I made last year on the coasts of New 

 Brunswick. He is pressing me to come and share 

 for a few days a little hunting and fishing with his 

 tribe. He has come here, to buy ammunition, &c., 



