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"At about noon we got within 5 miles of
Flower Cove and the Grand Gome. During the next
three hours we lose ground going northeast with
the tide. At about three the wind again rises
but dead against us for Flower Cove. The men
therefore conclude to return to Cape Ann Reef.
At 5 P.M., we are back again to the place
we left in the morning. Our days work and
sea sickness is nothing.
At 5 P.M., we go ashore for the night taking
board and lodging at Mrs Barney's (the old
lady Barney). The house is full of mosquitoes
and there are some black flies about the windows.
As usual the rooms are small and quarters
are congested.
During the evening we hear a great deal about
dwelling conditions here. Mr. Barney caught last year
95 hake's of cod fish and got $4 in each hake.
In other words his entire earnings for the year
was $380. Besides this they raise some vegetables
initially about all they can unless it be the potatoes
and ood can be had in the labor. Everyone
owns his own house. On these conditions six
people are taken care of, the parents and grand mother
and three boys.
The oldest boy is nearly ten and fishes with