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and the botanist was enthusiastic about a trip 

 he had taken to that out-of-the-way spot, 

 when the captain said, with much emphasis, 

 "Any one who would go to Sable Island for 

 pleasure would go to hell for pastime"; and 

 added, "You fellows are all tarred with the 

 same brush — you 're never happy unless you 



're in some d d wilderness." 



The next morning early we had a couple of 

 hours ashore at Quebec, and, besides wander- 

 ing about the old town and reveling in the 

 wonderful view from the Terrace, we enjoyed 

 an impressive service in the dimly lighted ca- 

 thedral. Regular life on board the boat now 

 began, and we found an interesting company, 

 as is apt to be the case on out-of-the-way 

 journeys. I particularly enjoyed long talks 

 with Napoleon A. Comeau, the veteran nat- 

 uralist of Godbout, an authority on the life- 

 history of our salmon, and an ornithologist of 

 no mean attainments. He gave me an account 

 of his trip the previous summer to Hudson 

 Bay, and of the birds he had found on the 

 western side of the Labrador Peninsula. An- 

 other of our passengers, who left us at Trinity, 

 was a Scotchman who, morning, noon, and 



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