A Newfoundlander's Hut, Labrador. 



CHAPTER XI 



OUR VOYAGE CONTINUED 



ON our arrival in a harbour our method was, as 

 last year, to hoist our blue flag to announce our 

 arrival, to then visit any seriously sick I could hear 

 of, after which we had evening service in a shed, 

 stage, or house,, and then, last of all, any could come 

 for advice or assistance. To every family or vessel 

 a good bundle of reading was given if they wished 

 it, all the literature being selected at home as healthy 

 and suitable for fishermen. If any wanted God's 

 Word, that, too, was to be had for asking- for it; 

 while a register was kept of all the poor, describing 

 as accurately as we could the nature of the needs 

 and deserts of each case, in order that when, at the 

 end of the year, we divided up the warm clothing 



