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a third supply of bait. Our luck during this baiting was fair ; we captured 85 tubs of fish, or 

 more than 28,000 pounds of dressed fish. The numbers taken on each day are shown in the 

 following table: 



SECOND BAITING. 



The gale which had driven us from our moorings on the Bank, and with which we ran to Cape 

 Broyle, raged over the Bank for five days in so bad a storm that, as we afterward learned, it was 

 impossible to do any fishing. We rode through this storm safely, anchored in Cape Broyle harbor, 

 and on the 6th of September, finding no bait there, sailed for Bay of Bulls, hoping for better success 

 in that place. None were to be had there, nor in the adjoining harbor of Witless Bay, though we 

 staid three days. On Sunday and Monday nights the men varied the monotony of existence on a 

 fishing schooner by attending a native dance. It was the most remarkable hop I ever attended, 

 and is more fully described in another part of this report. From Bay of Bulls we coasted along- 

 shore, putting in at Tor Bay, and, on finding no bait there, we stood out again, and finally, at nine 

 in the evening, came to anchor in Portugal Cove, Conception Bay. Though it was dark when we 

 anchored, the instinct of the Newfoundlander sent numbers of the natives on board at once, 

 almost before our anchor had dropped, and we had purchased a good many squid before all hands 

 turned in for the night. 



We remained at "Portugee Cove" until the llth, then sailed away for the Bank again. On 

 this, our third baiting, we did finely at first, and we were jubilant when seventeen tubs came on 

 board on the first morning. During this baiting we made fifteen sets in twelve different berths, 

 and captured in all one hundred and three tubs of fish. Our positions during this time and the 

 catch from each set are given in the following table. 



THIRD BAITING. 



