and apple trees. Fullcrtons Marsh separated our farm from the Hamm and Duffy farms in Bunbury . At low tides one could walk across the flats and mussel beds in the channel to get to a neighbor's in Bunbury . One part of the channel was only about eighteen inches wide. We had a row boat and could row across whenever the tide was in. We spent many hours at the shore. I had two older brothers, Frank and John, and a sister, Margaret who is a year younger than I am. We had a good and faithful collie which was always near whenever we were in the water. I can still see him sitting on the shore with his head erect and watching us. Some¬ times the boys teased him by pretending to push Margaret and me down into the water. The dog would always jump to the rescue. 65