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later than this schnapper outing. Those who 

 believe, with Scrope, that sea-fishing requires 

 little or no skill should accompany a party of 

 Australian bream-fishermen, leaving Sydney by 

 the early steam-tram or train, according to their 

 destination, be it Botany, Como, or some other 



IN BOTANY BAY 



beautiful sheltered water in the neighbourhood. 

 A boat has been ordered by letter, for there is a 

 run on all available craft every week-end. As a 

 matter of fact, summer is the season for the best 

 black bream fishing, but very fair catches are 

 sometimes made in the winter months, and to-day, 

 the still, fine weather promises success. The 

 party consists of three, of whom two are experts 



