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finally into their component parts. He was very brown, full of 

 enthusiasm, and an extraordinary natural musician, playing 

 almost any tune with great accuracy on his mouth harmonium. 



My best day gave seven trout landed, none under 4 Ibs. ; 

 biggest 5J Ibs. ; a small one scaling 2| Ibs. was returned, and 

 three lost. We averaged altogether rather over 4 Ibs. than 

 under. Splendid sport, and what excellent eating they were ! 

 Those which we could not consume were salted for future use, 

 and on the last day only eight fresh fish remained, when most 

 opportunely a Maori family arrived, and bivouacked near us for 

 a night. We made them a handsome present of the fish, and 

 five of them devoured in that short time the whole lot, about 

 30 Ibs. of trout truly a marvellous feat ! Of course we were 

 delighted at their splendid appetite, for thus no part of our catch 

 was wasted, and we could go away with a clear conscience. 



During a subsequent visit to New Zealand I got a good many 

 big trout brown and rainbow but they were not as anxious to 

 come to the pot as those of Lake Superior as related in the 

 Nautical Magazine of July, 1901. 



" In 1894 the ss. Selwyn Eddy, going down Lake Superior, 

 had a 35-lb. trout washed on board by a heavy sea. It furnished 

 a mess for the whole crew." The Detroit Free Press, in com- 

 menting on his yarn, points out that the older Lake sailors could 

 remember instances of boats that rolled so much that the fish 

 used to be shot by the sea down the smoke-stack and come out 

 just nicely fried at the fire-box ! 



