CH. XV.] 



A NEWFOUNDLAND FISHING. 



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he been obliged to speak to the little cur when hunting. The 

 calculation, I fancy, would not be found difficult from the number 

 of figures employed in the enumeration. 



474. You may think the foregoing a tough yarn, but I have now 

 in my mind an instance of sagacity in a Newfoundland, apparently 

 so much less entitled to credence, that I should be afraid to tell it 

 (though the breed is justly celebrated for its remarkable docility 

 and intelligence), if its truth could not be vouched for by Capt. 



L n, one of the best officers in the navy ; and who, when I had 



the gratification of sailing with him, commanded that noble ship, 

 the " Vengeance." 



475. At certain seasons of the year the streams in some parts of 

 North America, not far from the coast, are filled with fish to an 

 extent you could scarcely believe, unless you had witnessed it and 

 now comes the Munchausen story. A real Newfoundland, belonging 

 to a farmer who lived near one of those streams, used, at such times, 

 to keep the house well supplied with fish. He thus managed it : 

 He was perfectly black, with the exception of a white fore-foot, and 



INVITATION TO A 'WHITE-BAIT' DINNER. -Par. 475. 



for hours together he would remain almost immoveable on a small 

 rock which projected into the stream, keeping his white foot hanging 



