FORT GEORGE 169 



Mr. Peck reached Moose again somewhat earlier 

 than he had at first contemplated, on June 23. 

 Here he found all well and the steam launch within 

 a few weeks of completion. So it was determined 

 that the start should be made almost at once for 

 their own station. 



It should be mentioned that on his return from 

 England Mr. Peck received instructions to make 

 Fort George his base instead of Little Whale River. 

 They started, then, for this station,which is about two 

 hundred miles south of his old quarters. Mrs. Peck 

 travelled in company with a medical gentleman, 

 Dr. Dobbs, who was most kind and helpful. 



" I went on," says Mr. Peck, " with our supplies, 

 which were shipped in a boat, the gift of kind friends 

 in England, which had been sent out in the annual 

 ship the previous year. 



" In due time, after my arrival, Mrs. Peck also 

 arrived, and shortly after gave birth to our first 

 born, a fine boy, who I trust will himself become, in 

 God's good time, a messenger of peace to the heathen. 



" Our home at Fort George was a log-house, 

 thirty-four feet long by sixteen feet broad. This 

 area was divided into three rooms, one being our 

 dining, the other a sitting-room, and the third my 

 study. Our bedroom was on the second floor, but 

 in cold and stormy weather, we found it practically 

 impossible to use this upper room, and were glad 

 to make any shift in the lower rooms. 



