IN A FISHING COUNTRY 



for a living. A time there was when but a 

 sixth of the householders were Canadians; 

 it looked as though the remnant might dis- 

 appear, but the tide turned, and the nation- 

 alities are now pretty equally divided. The 

 American still goes 'up' to Murray Bay, the 

 Canadian 'down' to it — curious the usages 

 of these expletive prepositions! Centri- 

 fugal and centripetal forces nearly balanc- 

 ing, at first growth was very slow, ex- 

 pressed perhaps by the building of one 

 cottage a year; of late this rate has doubled, 

 and if the world recover normal ways the 

 next ten years may bring as many changes 

 as have the last fifty. 



The young lady's attitude towards what 

 is commonly esteemed a blam,eless vege- 

 table seems instinct with good sense, quite 

 secure from criticism; — 'I don't like 

 spinach and I'm glad I don't like spinach 

 for if I liked spinach I'd eat it and if I don't 

 like it I hate it'. My attempt at a record 

 does not question the fundamental that 

 tastes are beyond the region of dispute. . . 

 The earliest comers to the St. Lawrence 

 shores willingly fell into accord with the 

 simpler life which had a large part in 

 drawing them thither. Without reluc- 

 tance they discarded what did not fit the 

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