his father did or last year, the boys are small in their years but are strong and stocky. As our lumber is all we had here they have to spend for it to Bay of Islands. This brought by the steamer home delivered here at $19.50 per tousand. Even at this price it takes me a two year good years to save so much money, and therefore the homes are built slowly. Putting on first one or at most two rooms to which others are added from time to time. Some of the houses are built at once and are large but these small trader homes are partially the result of years of labor and saving. There is no store in this place. Each Spring a trader comes along and provides each family with what they want on credit on condition that they will sell him all the fish caught. In the fall he takes the fish and allows them the market price. He then supplies them with the necessary material for living through the winter. If they are ahead the trader pays the balance in cash and if they are behind the account be in most cases allows the deficit to grow to next years catch. If such deficits are not paid this is no way for the merchant to collect as the house