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this and nailed to the boat. Again another coat of 

 resin was laid over the whole, and it seemed to the 

 sailor eye of the missionary to be a very fair bit of 

 work, The next day they could not put to sea as 

 the wind was contrary, and this caused a little 

 anxiety, for provisions were running short. The 

 flour had been most of it destroyed when the boat 

 was swamped. Mr. Peck and Adam had saved 

 only a very small quantity. Biscuits, though they 

 had been soaked with sea water, had been saved. 

 The flour was economised by being mixed with 

 broken biscuits and made into cakes. The result 

 was eatable, though not wholly palatable. In 

 the afternoon of October 13, the wind changed to 

 light and fair. So the boat was launched, and all 

 made ready for the start. But to the grief and 

 dismay of the party she leaked considerably, and 

 was unseaworthy. So once more it was a case of 

 unloading and going through a second course of 

 repairs. Finally, on October 14, they really got 

 away. There was heavy weather to face, especially 

 for such a cranky, patched-up craft as this. But 

 trust in God was not misplaced ; the winds and the 

 sea were braved, and at last they were brought to 

 Little Whale River in safety. 



This, as has been mentioned, was the extreme 

 northern station of the Hudson s Bay Company. 

 Consequently it was at that time the best base 

 for operations upon the Eskimos. For they came 



