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self to his crippled life with great sagacity. It 
was not possible to procure for him fish very early 
in an inland place like Spanish Town. tle would 
wait with apparent patience up to what he consi-< 
dered a reasonable hour, that is, till noon-day, when 
he would seek me by searching for me wherever 
might be found, _[t, might be in the drawing room : 
then taking such a stand as would ensure attention, 
he weuld open his ipws, adjusting the under one : 
in a straight line downward. Stretching out ‘the. 
sack, he would then give me to understand, as plain ~ 
as a pocket turned inside out could say, “ E have not 
a stiver,” that he had nothing there, and hungry as — 
a hunter without the power of hunting, he was ready 
for any provender I had to give him. It was in- 
teresting (o see the readiness with which he traris-" 
ferred his instincts. from the providence of nature 
to a secondary dependence on the providence of 
man. The bird I see tame on the beach at Port- 
Royal, exhibits extraordinary intelligence and doci- 
lity, and resorts to the same mode of showing his 
empty sack te let his master know that he is as flat 
as a flounder. 
I have a number of odds and ends of Fishermen’s 3 
notes which IT must string together and — the : 
most of, J 
_ Ifa man takes to the sea for sport in Port royal, 
he is no half and half sportsman, he is ‘ toties in” 
qualibet parte.”. The night, or rather the turn of ~ 
morning is the time for amusement, if one agp ri 
success as well as excitement. ne 
