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TUNA FISHING AT CAPE BRETON. 
The best season is seemingly August and 
September. The tuna arc, from all accounts, 
most plentiful in the latter month, but there is, 
after the third week of August, the daily risk 
of the weather going wrong. The oily, calm 
days are the best. Not only can the fish be 
seen and the bait maneuvered accordingly, but 
still water is an important consideration in such 
prolonged struggles. The worst wind is that 
from the northeast, which drives directly into 
the bay; the best, if there must be wind at all, 
is the southwest, which is off the land and 
which, in particular, leaves the water on the 
south shore (where the tuna lie) undisturbed. 
Accommodation at Englishtown is not plenti¬ 
ful, and the arrangements are simple, but one 
or two rooms can probably be had at Mc- 
Ritchie’s, Sellon’s, or Morrison’s, and a letter 
addressed some time before to Angus McRichie, 
who keeps the post office, will secure the best 
there is. There is not a boat in the bay fit for 
the work. My own was hired for £r a week 
from Arthur Woodill, of Sydney, and it is at 
that port that the intending visitor would have 
to seek a boat suitable to such strenuous sport. 
There is a single power boat in the bay belong¬ 
ing to Buchanan, who lives at Indian Brook, 
on the north shore, and both Woodill and Lowe 
(the station agent at Sydney) have other suit¬ 
able gasolene launches. It is absolutely essen¬ 
tial to have something of the sort to stand by 
when a fish is hooked, as well as to tow the 
rowing boat the long distance to and from the 
grounds, and when the departure of Mr. Ross 
deprived me of the hospitality of his yacht I 
chartered Buchanan’s boat at 10s. for the half¬ 
day. or £1 for the day. As the tuna seemed 
to feed only on the turn of low water (and 
rarely feed at all), the larger amount is in¬ 
curred only when a fish is hooked. 
Guides will be found a problem. There are 
plenty of able-bodied fellows among the farm- 
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