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objections to the tax which it is sought to levy upon 

 them and are chary of giving information to any but 

 trusted friends ? They love their country and are 

 fighting a battle for bare existence rather than 

 leave it ; and you can guess where my sympathies 

 are, but I can only help them by educating their 

 boys, so that if the youngsters must go, they will 

 know the best road to take." 



During the last hour the wind had freshened 

 and the waves increased to such volume as to make 

 rowing more laborious and less effective. Added 

 to these warnings came booms of crashing water 

 against the hollow places in the rocks* surface. 

 Clouds were gathering in from every quarter 

 bringing rain that told of more to follow. We 

 hurried to get our boat in order and put out an 

 extra oar so as to hasten for Teelin Pier. 



It may be interesting to my readers to learn that 

 pollack abound on this coast from May to November. 

 From personal experience I can speak of the first 

 four months ; and the following, taken from a letter 

 to me dated Nov. 1 2 last, shows that they were as 

 plentiful on the seventh of that month, and as large, 

 as at any previous time : 



" Had a good pollack day on Saturday last. Caught thirty- 

 eight large ones, most of them over 9 Ib. The fishermen, dear 

 silly old fellows, laughed at my simplicity in expecting to get 

 pollack so late in the year. This success goes to bear out your 

 idea that they can be taken here at any time." 



" Dear silly old fellows." These are the parents. 



