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of our lives. The success attending this 

 cruise is so much out of the ordinary luck of 

 sporting mortals, that some of the unfortunate 

 ones may consider it is exaggerated ; never- 

 theless, it is strictly true. 



The wonderfully successful outing recorded 

 above became widely known amongst our 

 sporting friends, and little persuasion was 

 needed to induce them to travel hundreds of 

 miles to participate in the sports and pastimes 

 Derry Island and its vicinity usually afforded. 

 So April 4th the following spring found us 

 there again that is, S. and the writer, with 

 a friend from New York, and another from 

 Toronto. These shall be known in this 

 narrative as Pat, Bac, Gun, and Bob, with 

 our helpers, Will, Jack, and Jonah. This 

 season was as unseasonably early as the 

 previous one had been late, consequently, 

 the Canadian geese we expected to meet 

 here as before had preceded us a fortnight, 

 and only scattering small flocks were linger- 

 ing. Fox and Wallace harbours and rivers 

 had been open several days, and Northumber- 

 land Strait was free of drift ice, so that the 

 geese had open feeding-ground everywhere. 



