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at 7.30 were once more alongside the Albert. A 

 crowded gathering below decks closed the day, all 

 being full of joy and hope at the prospect of another 

 season's work. 



Next day the house given by Mr. Baine Grieve 

 was inspected, and we found that Mr. Hall, the 

 agent for the fishery, had already placed it almost 

 in a condition for occupation. The Albert's crew also 

 had been at work carpentering, painting, and 

 landing heavy goods, such as bedsteads, bedding, 

 food, drugs, and furniture. 



Meanwhile, the hospital for Indian Harbour, at the 

 mouth of Hamilton inlet, had been sent north, ready 

 cut in sections in the coastal steamer, Winsor Lake. 

 Two carpenters had also been sent north to work at 

 its erection. Next day, therefore, our party divided 

 again, the Albert going north to help with the 

 second hospital, having on board Dr. Curwen and 

 Sister Williams, while I, in the Princess May, went 

 south along the straits of Belle Isle, Dr. Bobart 

 and Sister Carwardine remaining at Battle. This 

 arrangement was rendered possible by the agent 

 extending his generous hospitality to the nurse and 

 doctor indefinitely. 



Our first run took us to Red Bay, where we at 

 once were among friends of last year. Alas, poverty 

 and want had laid their hands heavily on this 

 place, and some families had been nearly naked 

 and next door to starving all winter. Not only 

 had 1892 been a poor fishery, but now the best 



