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for a time to the sea. It feeds upon insects 

 and small fry, and is very fond of the 

 shrimp. It seldom exceeds seven or eight 

 inches in length. In fishing for smelt some- 

 times the paternoster is used as in perch- 

 fishing, baited with live shrimp or a small 

 bit of a smelt. It is generally taken in 

 deep water about our wharves, from August 

 to December. 



TRIP TO KEMPT, N.S., IN 1879. A MOOSE 



HUNT. 



I left Boston on the morning of Septem- 

 ber 1 7th, at eight o'clock, and had a nice, 

 smooth passage and a fine rest. I arrived 

 in Portland at 4.30 P.M., and soon left for 

 Eastport, reaching St. John at four P.M. on 

 the 1 8th. I stayed on board till the next 

 morning, and then took steamer " Em- 

 press " at eight o'clock for Annapolis, and 

 arrived there without much worthy of note. 

 At Kempt I met by appointment my guide, 



