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shut it for you,' on which the skulker answered 

 by threatening to ' cut his chicken liver out.' 

 In a flash the Bluenose had him naped, slung, 

 and flying across the rail. A second man 

 rushed in, only to be landed neatly on the chin 

 and knocked limp against the scuppers. The 

 rest of the watch, roused by this unwonted 

 assertion of authority, came on, but stopped 

 short, snarling, when the Bluenose swung an 

 iron bar from the windlass in a way that 

 showed he knew how to handle it effectively. 

 The skipper and mate now appeared, and, 

 seeing a clear case of actual fight, at once 

 ranged themselves beside the capable Bluenose. 

 The watch, a mixed lot, then slunk off; and, 

 from that day out, the whole tone of the ship 

 was changed, very much for the better. 



It is pleasanter, however, to take our last 

 look at a Bluenose vessel, under sail, with 

 Bluenose skipper, mates, and crew, and a 

 Bluenose cargo, all complete. But a word 

 must first be said about other parts and other 

 craft, lest the Maritime-Province Bluenose 

 might be thought the only kind of any con- 

 sequence. There were, and still are, swarms 

 of small craft in Canada and Newfoundland 

 which belong mostly or entirely to the fisheries, 

 and which, therefore, will be noticed in another 



