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CHAPTER VII. 



CATCHING THE ALB AC ORE, OE 

 HORSE-MA CKEREL. 



DURING the summer and autumn large bodies 

 of herring and mackerel frequent the harbours 

 of Nova Scotia, pursued thither by their re- 

 lentless foes the albacores, sometimes called 

 the horse-mackerel, from their great resem- 

 blance to the mackerel in fact, they are con- 

 sidered to belong to that family. If my 

 readers have seen a mackerel, and, moreover, 

 hooked one with a jig and line, they can con- 

 jecture, from the smartness of the ordinary 

 mackerel, what kind of sport an over-grown 

 one of 600 Ibs., fastened to hook and line, 

 would be likely to afford. Certainly he would 

 be no plaything. I have helped to capture 

 them in fish-traps 11 feet long and as big 

 as a vinegar-cask. When these fish are 



