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which could all have been saved had we but waited 

 for the Silvia, which calls long enough at St. John's 

 for the tourist to transact all necessary business, after 

 which she sails direct to Pilley's. Our information 

 cost us this cool cash in addition to the three per 

 cent, discount, and we trust those who follow us will 

 profit by the old adage " a penny saved is a penny 

 earned," and avoid our mistake. 



After bewailing our misfortune we next started out 

 to hunt up the august personage who was to relieve 

 us each of $100.00 and one hundred cents for a 

 license to permit each to shoot five male and three 

 female caribou, this being the limit allowed by the 



GAME LAWS OF NEWFOUNDLAND, 



of which we here give a brief summary: 



Caribou Deer Preservation Act of 1889. I. Here- 

 after no person shall kill any caribou except from the 

 15th day of September until the 15th day of Feb- 

 ruary, both inclusive. II. No person shall during 

 any one year or season kill more than five stag and 

 three doe caribou. Notwithstanding anything con- 

 tained in this Act, any poor settler may kill caribou 

 (or deer), for his immediate consumption or that of 

 his family, or may kill for purposes of sale within the 

 Colony during the season, between the 1st of October 



