FISH : THEIR HABITS AND HAUNTS. 6$ 



for a time to the sea. It feeds upon insects 

 and small fry, and is very fond of the 

 shrimp. . It seldom exceeds seven or eight 

 inches in length. In fishing for smelt some- 

 times the paternoster is used as in perch- 

 fishing, baited with live shrimp or a small 

 bit of a smelt. It is generally taken in 

 deep water about our wharves, from August 

 to December. 



Trip to Kempt, N.S., in 1879. — A Moose 

 Hunt. 

 I left Boston on the morning of Septem- 

 ber 17th, at eight o'clock, and had a nice, 

 smooth passage and a fine rest. I arrived 

 in Portland at 4.30 p.m., and soon left for 

 Eastport, reaching St. John at four p.m. on 

 the 1 8th. I stayed on board till the next 

 morning, and then took steamer " Em- 

 press " at eight o'clock for Annapolis, and 

 arrived there without much worthy of note. 

 At Kempt I met by appointment my guide. 



