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places, that we might try them as we came to 

 them. We soon found a cedar slab stuck up on 

 which was written in charcoal : 



"Fish Hear!" 



The occupant of the first canoe which came 

 along, not caring to make the experiment, and see- 

 ing his opportunity for a play upon words, added : 



"Do Fish Hear?" 



The next canoe, catching the joke, wrote : 



Fish Hear?" 



When the third canoe came up, the contents of 

 the placard were read to the Indian, and his opinion 

 asked. Looking round for signs of fish, he quietly 

 exclaimed : 



"Ugh! Fish no* Hear !" 



Although what was intended for a very different 

 purpose had resulted in a novel discussion of a 

 mooted question, it was decided that the very " bad 

 spell " had reached a very wise conclusion. 



For two weeks we were in daily telegraphic 

 correspondence with Gen. ARTHUR, whose illness 

 obliged him to return home after he had accom- 

 panied us as far as Bangor on our way hither. The 

 character of his illness (which subsequently devel- 

 oped into a malignant carbuncle) rendered us un- 

 easy, and our anxiety could only be appeased by 



