and the dory righted itself, but it was full of water and the weight of the men kept pressing it down slowly until they were up to their waists in the sea. They expected to go down to death in a few min- utes. A brother, who was at his lines a little distance away, saw them and started in a desperate effort to reach them before they sank; he succeeded in rescuing them, but they had a narrow escape. We often saw whales and porpoises, sea hogs, quite near us.

I dreaded going out and coming ashore over the big breakers; to be outside the breakers, and look toward the shore, and know one must cross them to reach it, is an unpleasant experience. One after- noon I caught over a hundred mackerel; they were the first I ever caught; it was good fishing for a beginner. Catching codfish and hake with hook and line was very interesting. When they bit well it was a series of thrills. I could see the fish a long distance down in the water; sometimes one on each of the two hooks I had fixed on my line; when I got them to the surface, and alongside the boat, it was an excitable time, they might break loose, especially the big ones. It required quick- ness and skill to bring them aboard. Sometimes it was a great tussle; one had to be quick with the gaff to catch a fish after it broke off the hook, and get it into the boat. Out in a boat on the sea from sunrise until dark gave one a good appetite. We took plenty of lunch with us and made it a pleasant time.

Shipping Cattle Off Shore

Some of the enterprising men bought cattle and shipped them to Newfoundland. We had no wharf near us. The vessels came and anchored as close to the shore as they could. We made the cattle swim out to the vessels. They were then hoisted on board by straps around their bodies, or by their horns. Cinewould think their necks would break to see them lifted out of the water, high above the deck of the vessel by the horns, but it did not seem to hurt them. One day I was

helping to get the cattle out; two men got into a boat; one held a rope that was fastened to the cow’s horns, while the other rowed the boat.

My duty was to drive the animal out as far as I could wade, or until it went afloat; then the man with the rope could manage it. Some of the cattle were afraid of the water and became very fractious. We had

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