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and a stove, the latter of diminutive size, but smoky enough 
to discomfit a host. We had adopted in a great measure the 
clothing worn by the American fishermen on that coast, 
namely, thick blue cloth trousers, a comfortable waistcoat, 
and a pea-jacket of blanket. Our boots were large, round- 
toe’d; strong, and well studded with large nails to prevent 
sliding on the rocks. Worsted comforters, thick mittens and 
round broad-brimmed hats, completed our dress, which was 
more picturesque than fashionable. As soon as we had an 
opportunity, the boots were exchanged for Esquimaux mounted 
mocassins of seal-skin, impermeable to water, light, easy and 
fastening at top about the midde of the thigh to straps, which 
when buckled over the hips secured them well. To complete 
our equipment, we had several good boats, one of which was 
extremely light and adapted for shallow water. 
No sooner had we reached the coast and got into harbor, than 
we agreed to follow certain regulations intended for the gene- 
ral benefit. Every morning the cook was called before three 
o'clock. At half-past three, breakfast was on the table, and 
everybody equipped. The guns, ammunition, botanical boxes, 
and baskets for eggs or minerals, were all in readiness. Our 
breakfast consisted of coffee, bread and various other materials, 
At four, all except the cook and one seaman, went off in 
different directions, not forgetting to carry with them a store 
of cooked provisions. Some betook themselves to the islands, 
others to the deep bays; the latter on landing wandered over 
the country, until noon, when laying themselves down on the 
rich moss, or sitting on the granite rock, they would rest for 
an hour, eat their dinner, and talk of their successes or dis- 
appointments. I often regret that I did not take sketches 
of the curious groups formed by my young friends on such 
occasions, and when, after returning at night, all were engaged 
in measuring, weighing, comparing and dissecting the birds we 
had procured, operations which were carried on with the aid 
of a number of candles thrust into the necks of bottles. Here 
