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CHAP. VII. 



SALMON FISHING IN THE SAGUENAT. 



ANY were the commen- 

 taries made by the indi- 

 viduals comprising the 

 various groups, on the ser- 

 mon of the chaplain, as they 

 retired from the cabin of the 

 cutter to their residences on 

 the land or to their quar- 

 ters on board the vessel. 

 One only met the ears of his reverence, which was uttered 

 by the blithe and careless Baron ; namely, " that it was very 

 fishy ; " calling forth from the Priest a grave rebuke, which 

 was received, as every lecture or scolding or quizzing was 

 by the Baron, with the most imperturbable good humour. 



The Baron was a very handsome man. He was six feet 

 two or three inches in height, had a profusion of dark 

 brown hair, with a black beard and whiskers, which had 

 now grown to an enormous length features which, in 



