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that grounded in the harbour before the tide 

 was half down, thus affording splendid shelter 

 as blinds for geese and brants on their flight to 

 the feeding-grounds. 



During the next three days we had variable 

 success. On Wednesday of the following week 

 information came to us from the strait shore, 

 that during a heavy wind on the day before 

 thousands of grey geese had come down the 

 gulf before it, while all the harbours where the 

 geese on flight scattered themselves usually 

 in the spring, were still closed. We therefore 

 expected, as Wallace and Fox Harbours (ad- 

 joining) were the only waters where they 

 could feed, that we would be kept busy that 

 (Wednesday) afternoon. So at one o'clock we 

 were on the move, quick march, for Brant 

 Point, a mile from the house, where our ice- 

 boats were awaiting us. 



From a knoll with our glasses we surveyed 

 the solid ice outside. What a sight greeted 

 us ! Acres of geese here, there, and every- 

 where, were resting, sleeping solid black 

 masses, so we knew that as soon as the flats 

 began to bear, they would be on the move. The 

 wind was blowing heavily down the bay, and 



