AND HOW I HAVE CAUGHT MY FISH in 



as yet." And it seemed to me, sitting in the midst 

 of all that varied life, that the cabin went on 

 echoing her words, " Just ten, sir as yet." 



Carlin was quite ready to relinquish his hay- 

 making in favour of the proposal to go a-fishing. 

 The sea was at least a quarter of a mile from his 

 home, so you may imagine our surprise when, after 

 we had walked a third of this distance, he burst out 

 with, "Och, the divil, 'tis the boat I'm afther for- 

 gitting ! " He was off home at a run, to reappear 

 after a few minutes' absence with the boat on his 

 head! 



It was fairly calm, so we could venture with our 

 duck-like swimming coracle to trail our lines some 

 little distance round the head of rocks that sheltered 

 us from the Atlantic swell ; and then, as if alarmed 

 at our rashness, we would retreat before an incoming 

 wave ; to advance again when it had passed, hook a 

 fish, and then come rushing back to shelter. What 

 fish we should have had, thought we, could we have 

 dared a little more. Still, the day was a pleasantly 

 unique one and passingly successful. It made us 

 long for a time amongst the monsters which, Carlin 

 assured us, swarmed round the headlands. 



A day in a larger boat was soon arranged for, 

 and we were full of eagerness at the appointed hour 

 as we hurried to the meeting-place. Carlin stood 

 alone no sign of crew, or boat, or place to hide 

 them yet a few steps brought us to a sloping 

 crevice leading down to the water's edge and to 



