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One of the Scotsmen there had been on the island since 
the old days — thirty years ago is about the time of the 
old days here ; then there was no Government to speak of , 
and cattle and Spaniards went wild. He had had lively 
times, and varied sport But now the wild cattle are almost 
killed out, and the Spaniards are few and tame. 
. . . There are trout in the streams of the islands. He 
described a stream that made me long to be off to fish it : 
The Proprietor of ' The First and Last ' Bar plays us tunes of many Nations. 
a stream of pools and rapids running amongst rocks and 
peat banks, and full of trout. Unfortunately it was a day's 
ride out into the 'Camp,' as the interior of the island is 
called, so I could not have started with less than three 
days before me, and we were told the Balaena might leave 
any moment. My informant described the trout as 
striped trout, like mackerel, very plentiful and easy to 
catch, raw meat apparently being the best bait From 
