A Visit from Eskimo. 



CHAPTER IX 



RESULTS OF THE FIRST VISIT 

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"X T OVEMBER, 1892, saw the Albert once more in 

 * ^ St. Johns Harbour, after having spent seventy- 

 eight days on the coast. She had visited many har- 

 bours, treated 900 patients, distributed much clothing 

 and literature, and collected much valuable informa- 

 tion ; while Mr. Adolph Neilsen, superintendent of 

 Newfoundland fisheries, who had joined the Albert 

 during the greater part of her cruise, had been carry- 

 ing on scientific observations calculated to directly 

 benefit the fishing industry. Daily services had been 

 held, at which thousands in all had been present, and 

 not a few had confessed openly aboard their inten- 

 tion, by God's help, to live new lives. 

 On arriving in a new harbour, our large blue flag, 



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