IN A FISHING COUNTRY 



the observances of the ancient Faith. 



As to Sunday golf, one recalls Tom 

 Morris: — 'If ye don't need a day's rest in 

 seven, the greens clo\ To which might 

 be added a great authority's opinion that 

 no man playing oftener than three times a 

 week can hold his best form. The Club 

 discourages Sunday play by closing the 

 Club House and denying caddies — the lat- 

 ter regulation in deference to the wishes of 

 the parish priests. Keeping the holiday 

 (where all is holiday) would mean keener 

 golf, better scores, and does not necessarily 

 commit to an excess of puritanism. 



The season at Murray Bay tends to be- 

 come longer. Once it scarcely extended 

 beyond July and August, when the Cana- 

 dian schools were closed, and the rush of 

 transients lasted little over a month. Now 

 there is more of leisure, and people have 

 found how pleasant it is to come early and 

 linger late. A few arrive before winter 

 has quite departed — while the trailing ar- 

 butus is yet in bloom — and are only driven 

 r.way by the returning snow. Thus might 

 they place the months in their order of 

 choice: June, for its weather, blossoming 

 trees and shrubs, wild flowers, the delicate 

 and innumerable shades of green; Sep- 

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