178 THE LIFE OF E. J. PECK 



There is a bright side to every gloomy position, 

 and it is pleasant to see the missionary take cheer- 

 fully the spoiling of his goods. 



We do not often hear of Mrs. Peck accompanying 

 her husband on his journeys. But sometimes she 

 was able to do so. In 1889, on March 17, a little 

 daughter was born, and in the summer following, 

 when the baby was only two or three months old, 

 she and the two children went with Mr. Peck to 

 Great Whale River. Here she remained while he 

 went on to Little Whale River. A few graphic 

 touches come from her pen : " Baby was fastened 

 up in a bag called in Indian, ' waspasuian.'' It is a 

 strange-looking thing, laced up in the front. I 

 always think babies packed in that way look like 

 small bolsters. It is, however, the best method 

 of taking them, for the weather, even during the 

 summer, is very changeable. The coast to the 

 south of Cape Jones is very pleasant. There are 

 many islands on which one can go ashore to camp 

 or for meals. To the north of the Cape the coast 

 is open and when the wind was strong we had to lay 

 the canoe up close to the shore for fear of being blown 

 out to sea in our frail craft. This was in some places 

 rather dangerous on account of the shoals. When 

 we left the point of Cape Jones we had to travel in 

 this way. We went about eighteen miles in two 

 hours, and then were very thankful to put ashore 

 on a barren point of the Cape where some Eskimos 



