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agreeably spent at HopeJale or Nain awaiting the i-eturn of tlie' 

 steamer. An 02>portnnity is att'orded of seeing the clnistianiziid 

 Eskimo who live aronnd these stations and have been tauglit liy 

 the missionaries not only in a knowledge of Christianit}', Imt in' 

 useful industrious arts. Visitors usually retui'U laden with 

 Eskimo curicjsities made from tusks of the walrus, and also' 

 articles of clothing made fi'om the skins of seals and reindeer. 

 All visitors are favourably impressed witli tlie nolde self-denying 

 labours of the Moiavian Missionaries. 



MEDICAL, AID FOR THK FISHEKMEN: MISSION TO DEEP 

 SEA FISHERMEN— DK. GRENFELl,. 



The IVindsor Lake carries a doctor who is paid by the Govern- 

 ment and supplied with medicines. He brings medical and 

 surgical aid to the fishermen, at the different ports of call, in 

 cases of sickness and accident. Wlien it is taken into account 

 that in the fishing season there are from 20,000 to 25,000 persons, 

 many of them women and children, living foi- three and a half or' 

 four months in rude temporary huts on shoi'e, or on board the' 

 floating fishing crafts going far north, exposed to the vicissitudes 

 of the weatlier and in constant jieril, it will be seen hdw little' 

 one medical man, moving up and down the coast in the mail 

 steamer, and having but an hour at eacli port, could do to help' 

 such a multitude in cases of sickness. Some benevolent persons 

 brought under the notice of the Managers of the Mission to Deep' 

 Sea FisJiermen in England the hardships and suffei'ings of the 

 Labrador fisher-folk, and their great need of medical and surgical 

 assistance, and in many instances of warm clothing. The j-esult 

 was that the Mission Ship Albert was sent tliere in 1892, iu' 

 charge of Dr. Grenfelh His rejtort leil to her return in 1893. 

 With assistance obtained here and in England two excellent 

 hospitals, fully efpiipped, were erected, one at Battle Harl)our' 

 and one at Indian Harljour much furtlier north. A doctor and 

 a trained nuurse were placed in chaige of each. The Albert 

 cruised along the coast during the fishing season, Dr. Grenfell 

 ministering to the sick and relieving the poor with donations of 

 clothing, and in some cases of food. The severe cases were car-- 



