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THE SALT OF MY LIFE 



thirty ; and in the spring of 1895, when, on my 

 departure for the Colonies, I had to relinquish my 

 duties to a successor, we numbered over three 

 hundred. To-day, thanks to the untiring labours 

 of an able committee, the Society has upwards 

 of a thousand members and may at length be 

 said to be doing some of the useful work, of which, 

 with the limited material at their disposal, its 

 first promoters could only dream. 



In thus giving these few details of the founding 

 of the B.S.A.S., as it likes to be called, I have 

 anticipated the following chapter in point of time. 

 Most of my fishing in the years 1890 and 1891 

 was done in other seas than our own. 



