38 CARIBOU SHOOTING IN NEWFOUNDLAND. 



So long as the Arctic Current continues to flow, the 

 banks and the waters about the island of Newfound- 

 land will teem with cod. For nearly 400 years, cod 

 fishing has been prosecuted regularly, and has sup- 

 plied the chief export of the country. The fish begin 

 to appear on the coast about the first of June, at 

 which time they leave the deep water for the warmer 

 and shallower waters near shore to deposit their 

 spawn. Their approach is heralded by the beautiful 

 trim little caplin, a fish about seven inches long and 

 which comes in schools sufficient to give the water 

 the appearance of a squirming mass, filling every 

 nook and corner in the bays, fiords, arms and inter- 

 stices of the rock-bound coast. The cod follow in 

 their wake and gorge themselves with the little fish, 

 of which they are very fond, so they furnish the 

 choicest bait. In about six weeks the caplin disap- 

 pear and their place is taken by the squid about the 

 first of August. They are followed by the herring, 

 which remain until about the middle or end of Oc- 

 tober, when the cod fishing season ends. 



THE SEAL FISHING. 



Next to the cod fishing in value comes that of the 

 seal, which has been prosecuted for about ninety 

 years only the natives being so industriously en- 



