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the fish are brought to the vessels, where they are 

 opened by one man, their heads cut off and guts 

 removed by another, whilst a third cuts out the 

 back bones, and throws them into the hold, where 

 two men are employed salting and packing them 

 away. Afterwards they take the fish out and dry 

 them. A Captain Billings from Eastport owns these 

 five vessels and is here with them. He is going 

 north, and expects in August to keep two vessels 

 for the mackerel fishery. They throw out pieces of 

 mackerel to toll the fish, put on bait to their hook 

 which lasts all day, and throVv the fish on the deck 

 without touching hands to them. One man can 

 catch fourty in a minute. The fishing on this coast 

 is said to be better than off Newfoundland. The 

 country is very rough sterile covered with mofes 

 and a few scraggy fir trees for forrests. You can not 

 conceive more fatiguing walking than over this 

 moss, and can be compared to wading through 

 snowdrifts. Our excursions will be made mostly in 

 boats. We start hence with the fair wind which 

 first blows. 



Our party are all in excellent health and spirits. I 

 never enjoyed better health. We were sea sick some 

 days, and wished ourselves any wheres, but we re- 

 covered and our appetite returned most wonder- 

 fully sharpened. I have been obliged to give up my 

 experiment of a vegetable diet for the pilot bread 

 when eaten exclusively makes me very costive, and 

 whilst I was sea sick I lost my relish for potatoes. 

 Since we have been in this harbor we have lived on 

 codfish which are very nice and of which we all are 

 very fond. 



