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graved on the outside, which he said had cost him 

 twelve dollars. He was very sorry about it and 

 lamenting his loss. Some of the residents advis- 

 ed him to come and see me, and that I could dive 

 for it. So he came, and I went out to his boat with 

 him. I took soundings with a cod line and found 

 twenty-one feet of water. I thought that was 

 easy enough and went in and got the ring on the 

 second dive. The next day it spread around 

 among the hshermen that I had brought up that 

 ring in six fathoms of water, and the more the 

 story was repeated, the deeper it got ! An old fish- 

 erman from Matane, named Creuset, took great 

 interest in watching me swim, dive and play 

 tricks in the water, such as upsetting my canoe 

 and getting back into it, pulling off my boots in 

 the water. He used to relate these things to his 

 friends. One Sunday afternoon, shortly after 

 the ring episode. I went down to the river for 

 my usual swim. Creuset, who saw me going, 

 called out to a lot of other fishermen to come and 

 watch me play my usual pranks. There were 

 about eight or ten fishing boats anchored in the 

 river, with sufficient distance bet wen each to 

 allow them to swing clear. I was swimming lei- 

 surely when one of the men called out, "Let's 

 see you take a dive." I immediately thought of 

 playing them a trick, and answered, "all right, 

 here goes," and diving, headed for one of the 

 boats. Coming quietly up to the surface on 



