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more powerful, fitted up with sleeping quarters and
cooking aparatus, and here the man or men will
live for five months of the year, beginning, say, at
the northern end of the fishing grounds to get the
first chance at the salmon as they come in from the
unknown waters of the Pacific, and then following
them down the coast as they progress toward the
spawning grounds. Some of the latest types of
salmon trolling boats have also fish holds, where the
catch may be stored on ice for a week at a time,
during which period the men work almost night and
day during the long days of the summer. Usually,
however, the boats gather in each night at dusk, to
harbours where fish buyers have placed supply scows
and fish-carrier boats. Here the catch is disposed
of and gasoline and other requisites and food may be
obtained. Here again the Marine workerscome. At
two points at least on the upper British Columbia
coast, buildings have been put up where these men
may find a place in which to read or write during
times when fishing is poor, and where they may havea
shower bath and fill their water buckets as they have
need. The reading-room is used by the missionary
for holding services too, or for any public meeting
when the need arises. Hundreds of fishermen use
these buildings in the fishing season.

At Lonely Lighthouses. At many points along
the coast are to be found lighthouses where the
lightkeepers are cut off, sometimes for months, from
any visitation from any source. One of the most