212 MOOSE-HUNTING, SALMON-FISHING, ETC 



Then they were stowed away in boxes and 

 packed in bags, ready to be removed to 

 Wallace the next morning, provided pro- 

 vided what ? that the ice between us and the 

 mainland moved out. It was then so rotten 

 as to be unsafe to cross ; nor could we work 

 through it with boats. This was our posi- 

 tion when we retired Friday night one of 

 uncertainty; so you can imagine all were 

 pleased to find the channels in both harbours 

 open to boat navigation the next morning. 

 At seven o'clock our boats were loaded, and 

 half an hour later Derry Island was bade 

 adieu by the writer and his pleasant com- 

 panions, realizing that this outing had trans- 

 formed us into vigorous men, and given us a 

 new lease of life. Our birds were weighed at 

 the station, and totalled upwards of 700 Ibs., 

 several' being over 12 Ibs., and there were a 

 hundred geese besides those we used. Some 

 thirty of our friends were remembered in the 

 distribution, and the balance sold to a poultry- 

 man in one of our principal towns. This sale 

 realized sufficient to pay every expense of the 

 outing, and we separated, feeling that the last 

 twelve days had been amongst the happiest 



