– Lloyd Smithman (Son of Henry Herbert Smithman who was Senior Keeper at Sisters Island 1927 – 1929) 

I remember . . . 

• going to the waters edge at night and seeing the dog fish so numerous in the light from a lantern that you thought you could walk on them.
• the time that Dad and Ted caught an octopus that measured 8 feet across.
• still how the suction cups felt on my hand.
• the time that a little octopus came up to Stan’s foot while he was wading one day.
• the day a seagull was eating a star fish and got it part way down. The gulls throat was bulged out and it appeared he was going to choke to death. Dad got his rifle to put it out of its misery but it slowly went down and the gull flew away.
• cleaning lamp chimneys for the coal oil lamps.
• eating eggs preserved with waterglass!
• canned milk Continue reading I Remember c. 1927 →