BAD WEATHER. 261 



On the following day we had a good deal of 

 light rain, and this was the beginning of a 

 spell of bad weather, which lasted with in- 

 frequent intermissions for over a fortnight. 

 During this time we seldom had anj^ heav>" 

 rain, but light showers were continually falling. 

 Our clothes were nearly always more or less 

 soaked, but less from the rain than by the drip 

 from the trees and bushes. Our blankets, too, 

 often got rather wet at nights, as a sudden 

 change of w^ind would sometimes cause the 

 rain to beat in under our shelter. 



During this spell of bad weather the wind 

 changed to every point of the compass, but no 

 matter from what quarter it came it always 

 brought rain. However, in Newfoundland one 

 can always find an abundance of dry wood, and 

 build up big fires, and so no matter how wet 

 we got during the day, we always dried every- 

 thing in the evening, and turned in w^arm and 

 comfortable. 



On the afternoon of October 16th we reached 

 King George the Fourth's Lake, after a hard 

 scramble along the rocky bank of the river 



