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3T HAS been said that "there is nothing new 

 under the sun," which I dare say is very 

 true, but there are things that happen so rarely 

 that they may be considered new and when they do 

 occur. So far as my experience goes, the follow- 

 ing is one of them : 



Trout are netted on the Godbout, not to exter- 

 minate them as some people wrongly imagine, 

 but simply to keep the numbers in reasonable 

 bounds, so that they will not cause too much dam- 

 age. Enough are left to enable anglers to enjoy 

 the sport of fishing for them. 



One stormy day the Dominion Government 

 steamer "Constance" was anchored here wait- 

 ing for the weather to clear. The Commander, 

 Captain Geo. M. May, had come ashore to send 

 despatches. I was just getting ready to go fish- 

 ing when he landed, so after the despatches had 

 been sent I said to the Commander: "Why don't 

 you come and try your luck with the trout, with 

 me?" Not having brought any rod or tackle 

 ashore with him he did not like to spoil my sport, 

 he said, by depriving me of my rod. However, 

 I prevailed upon him and off we went. We fished 

 turn about, each for half an hour at a time, 

 and each netted for the other. We had splendid 



